Nebraska — 1972 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1972 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentNixonR+41.0
How it voted
Share of the 1972 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 70.5% | 406,298 |
|---|---|---|
| George McGovernDemocratic | 29.5% | 169,991 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1972presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1972 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+58.3 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+68.0 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+61.6 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+71.9 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+63.2 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+62.2 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+69.9 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+53.3 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+49.4 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+61.7 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+61.5 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+63.4 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+63.9 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+27.4 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+70.1 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+62.4 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+54.8 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+69.0 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+59.6 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+57.3 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+59.5 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+76.7 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+48.8 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+58.8 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+62.8 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+71.2 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+58.8 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+70.9 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+53.4 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+64.1 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+57.9 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+59.8 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+74.3 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+49.4 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+51.6 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+66.4 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+66.4 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+55.3 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+68.9 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+44.6 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+50.8 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+49.3 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+62.2 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+55.8 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Richard Nixon+5,482 | 8,84172.5% | 3,35927.5% | 00.0% | 12,200 |
| Antelope County | Richard Nixon+2,377 | 3,22879.1% | 85120.9% | 00.0% | 4,079 |
| Arthur County | Richard Nixon+191 | 23684.0% | 4516.0% | 00.0% | 281 |
| Banner County | Richard Nixon+308 | 40480.8% | 9619.2% | 00.0% | 500 |
| Blaine County | Richard Nixon+287 | 34386.0% | 5614.0% | 00.0% | 399 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+1,523 | 2,40673.2% | 88326.8% | 00.0% | 3,289 |
| Box Butte County | Richard Nixon+2,471 | 3,43178.1% | 96021.9% | 00.0% | 4,391 |
| Boyd County | Richard Nixon+913 | 1,41973.7% | 50626.3% | 00.0% | 1,925 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+1,132 | 1,46281.6% | 33018.4% | 00.0% | 1,792 |
| Buffalo County | Richard Nixon+5,599 | 8,58774.2% | 2,98825.8% | 00.0% | 11,575 |
| Burt County | Richard Nixon+2,037 | 2,93776.5% | 90023.5% | 00.0% | 3,837 |
| Butler County | Richard Nixon+489 | 2,30155.9% | 1,81244.1% | 00.0% | 4,113 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+2,698 | 4,50371.4% | 1,80528.6% | 00.0% | 6,308 |
| Cedar County | Richard Nixon+1,188 | 2,99562.4% | 1,80737.6% | 00.0% | 4,802 |
| Chase County | Richard Nixon+1,011 | 1,31881.1% | 30718.9% | 00.0% | 1,625 |
| Cherry County | Richard Nixon+2,147 | 2,61084.9% | 46315.1% | 00.0% | 3,073 |
| Cheyenne County | Richard Nixon+2,170 | 3,12076.7% | 95023.3% | 00.0% | 4,070 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+1,681 | 2,54274.7% | 86125.3% | 00.0% | 3,403 |
| Colfax County | Richard Nixon+1,692 | 2,79971.7% | 1,10728.3% | 00.0% | 3,906 |
| Cuming County | Richard Nixon+2,791 | 3,81078.9% | 1,01921.1% | 00.0% | 4,829 |
| Custer County | Richard Nixon+3,689 | 4,83680.8% | 1,14719.2% | 00.0% | 5,983 |
| Dakota County | Richard Nixon+1,131 | 2,87962.2% | 1,74837.8% | 00.0% | 4,627 |
| Dawes County | Richard Nixon+2,276 | 2,98780.8% | 71119.2% | 00.0% | 3,698 |
| Dawson County | Richard Nixon+4,787 | 6,21181.3% | 1,42418.7% | 00.0% | 7,635 |
| Deuel County | Richard Nixon+777 | 1,00181.7% | 22418.3% | 00.0% | 1,225 |
| Dixon County | Richard Nixon+1,358 | 2,29971.0% | 94129.0% | 00.0% | 3,240 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+6,011 | 9,83772.0% | 3,82628.0% | 00.0% | 13,663 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+53,378 | 101,57967.8% | 48,20132.2% | 00.0% | 149,780 |
| Dundy County | Richard Nixon+782 | 1,00381.9% | 22118.1% | 00.0% | 1,224 |
| Fillmore County | Richard Nixon+1,241 | 2,51166.4% | 1,27033.6% | 00.0% | 3,781 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+911 | 1,51071.6% | 59928.4% | 00.0% | 2,109 |
| Frontier County | Richard Nixon+991 | 1,31580.2% | 32419.8% | 00.0% | 1,639 |
| Furnas County | Richard Nixon+1,606 | 2,28277.1% | 67622.9% | 00.0% | 2,958 |
| Gage County | Richard Nixon+2,710 | 6,29863.7% | 3,58836.3% | 00.0% | 9,886 |
| Garden County | Richard Nixon+957 | 1,16185.1% | 20414.9% | 00.0% | 1,365 |
| Garfield County | Richard Nixon+694 | 90381.2% | 20918.8% | 00.0% | 1,112 |
| Gosper County | Richard Nixon+587 | 82977.4% | 24222.6% | 00.0% | 1,071 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+307 | 37684.5% | 6915.5% | 00.0% | 445 |
| Greeley County | Richard Nixon+245 | 1,00556.9% | 76043.1% | 00.0% | 1,765 |
| Hall County | Richard Nixon+6,769 | 10,98772.3% | 4,21827.7% | 00.0% | 15,205 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+2,053 | 2,96076.5% | 90723.5% | 00.0% | 3,867 |
| Harlan County | Richard Nixon+1,010 | 1,54974.2% | 53925.8% | 00.0% | 2,088 |
| Hayes County | Richard Nixon+363 | 48679.8% | 12320.2% | 00.0% | 609 |
| Hitchcock County | Richard Nixon+975 | 1,33978.6% | 36421.4% | 00.0% | 1,703 |
| Holt County | Richard Nixon+3,094 | 4,14779.8% | 1,05320.3% | 00.0% | 5,200 |
| Hooker County | Richard Nixon+342 | 39488.3% | 5211.7% | 00.0% | 446 |
| Howard County | Richard Nixon+746 | 1,69164.2% | 94535.8% | 00.0% | 2,636 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+1,532 | 3,00867.1% | 1,47632.9% | 00.0% | 4,484 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+720 | 1,63764.1% | 91735.9% | 00.0% | 2,554 |
| Kearney County | Richard Nixon+1,444 | 2,20374.4% | 75925.6% | 00.0% | 2,962 |
| Keith County | Richard Nixon+1,848 | 2,51379.1% | 66520.9% | 00.0% | 3,178 |
| Keya Paha County | Richard Nixon+417 | 56379.4% | 14620.6% | 00.0% | 709 |
| Kimball County | Richard Nixon+1,213 | 1,65079.1% | 43720.9% | 00.0% | 2,087 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+2,029 | 3,31872.0% | 1,28928.0% | 00.0% | 4,607 |
| Lancaster County | Richard Nixon+16,649 | 42,57362.2% | 25,92437.8% | 00.0% | 68,497 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+4,282 | 7,50270.0% | 3,22030.0% | 00.0% | 10,722 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+247 | 32081.4% | 7318.6% | 00.0% | 393 |
| Loup County | Richard Nixon+287 | 34585.6% | 5814.4% | 00.0% | 403 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+6,356 | 8,58079.4% | 2,22420.6% | 00.0% | 10,804 |
| McPherson County | Richard Nixon+205 | 24785.5% | 4214.5% | 00.0% | 289 |
| Merrick County | Richard Nixon+1,531 | 2,41873.2% | 88726.8% | 00.0% | 3,305 |
| Morrill County | Richard Nixon+1,220 | 1,74077.0% | 52023.0% | 00.0% | 2,260 |
| Nance County | Richard Nixon+772 | 1,41368.8% | 64131.2% | 00.0% | 2,054 |
| Nemaha County | Richard Nixon+1,691 | 2,60074.1% | 90925.9% | 00.0% | 3,509 |
| Nuckolls County | Richard Nixon+1,090 | 2,08967.6% | 99932.4% | 00.0% | 3,088 |
| Otoe County | Richard Nixon+3,097 | 4,81573.7% | 1,71826.3% | 00.0% | 6,533 |
| Pawnee County | Richard Nixon+775 | 1,29971.3% | 52428.7% | 00.0% | 1,823 |
| Perkins County | Richard Nixon+811 | 1,16576.7% | 35423.3% | 00.0% | 1,519 |
| Phelps County | Richard Nixon+2,621 | 3,35682.0% | 73518.0% | 00.0% | 4,091 |
| Pierce County | Richard Nixon+1,798 | 2,45179.0% | 65321.0% | 00.0% | 3,104 |
| Platte County | Richard Nixon+5,016 | 7,87173.4% | 2,85526.6% | 00.0% | 10,726 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+1,223 | 2,05071.3% | 82728.7% | 00.0% | 2,877 |
| Red Willow County | Richard Nixon+2,770 | 3,70179.9% | 93120.1% | 00.0% | 4,632 |
| Richardson County | Richard Nixon+2,154 | 3,66270.8% | 1,50829.2% | 00.0% | 5,170 |
| Rock County | Richard Nixon+799 | 93787.2% | 13812.8% | 00.0% | 1,075 |
| Saline County | Richard Nixon+174 | 2,82851.6% | 2,65448.4% | 00.0% | 5,482 |
| Sarpy County | Richard Nixon+7,610 | 11,51474.7% | 3,90425.3% | 00.0% | 15,418 |
| Saunders County | Richard Nixon+1,781 | 4,28263.1% | 2,50136.9% | 00.0% | 6,783 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Richard Nixon+5,885 | 8,64975.8% | 2,76424.2% | 00.0% | 11,413 |
| Seward County | Richard Nixon+1,620 | 3,70764.0% | 2,08736.0% | 00.0% | 5,794 |
| Sheridan County | Richard Nixon+1,905 | 2,38683.2% | 48116.8% | 00.0% | 2,867 |
| Sherman County | Richard Nixon+288 | 1,09957.5% | 81142.5% | 00.0% | 1,910 |
| Sioux County | Richard Nixon+510 | 63983.2% | 12916.8% | 00.0% | 768 |
| Stanton County | Richard Nixon+1,184 | 1,66277.7% | 47822.3% | 00.0% | 2,140 |
| Thayer County | Richard Nixon+1,296 | 2,27469.9% | 97830.1% | 00.0% | 3,252 |
| Thomas County | Richard Nixon+324 | 39784.5% | 7315.5% | 00.0% | 470 |
| Thurston County | Richard Nixon+725 | 1,56565.1% | 84034.9% | 00.0% | 2,405 |
| Valley County | Richard Nixon+1,240 | 2,01172.3% | 77127.7% | 00.0% | 2,782 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+2,889 | 4,29075.4% | 1,40124.6% | 00.0% | 5,691 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+1,757 | 2,65974.7% | 90225.3% | 00.0% | 3,561 |
| Webster County | Richard Nixon+935 | 1,63170.1% | 69629.9% | 00.0% | 2,327 |
| Wheeler County | Richard Nixon+277 | 36181.1% | 8418.9% | 00.0% | 445 |
| York County | Richard Nixon+3,333 | 4,65177.9% | 1,31822.1% | 00.0% | 5,969 |
Nominees: George McGovern (D) · Richard Nixon (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1972 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1972 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.