Nebraska — 2000 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2000 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentBushR+29.0
How it voted
Share of the 2000 vote
| George W. Bush ✓Republican | 62.2% | 433,862 |
|---|---|---|
| Al GoreDemocratic | 33.3% | 231,780 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.5% | 31,377 |
2000presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 2000 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+36.0 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+55.9 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+76.8 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+70.3 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+73.4 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+56.6 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+31.3 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+53.6 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+48.6 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+63.9 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+65.9 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+56.5 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+48.3 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+60.4 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+55.2 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+36.3 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+61.5 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+46.5 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+61.6 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+54.1 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+62.3 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+53.6 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+52.2 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+71.4 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+48.7 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+73.6 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+55.0 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+59.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+28.5 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+56.5 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+67.1 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+67.0 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+53.4 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+65.1 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+63.8 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+57.1 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+61.2 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+56.4 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+50.3 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+65.3 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+39.5 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+66.5 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+70.6 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+56.1 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+69.4 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+58.7 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+52.8 |
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 | George W. Bush+4,476 | 8,16265.6% | 3,68629.6% | 1180.9% | 12,438 |
| Antelope County | George W. Bush+1,884 | 2,56276.1% | 67820.1% | 441.3% | 3,368 |
| Arthur County | George W. Bush+209 | 23586.4% | 269.6% | 51.8% | 272 |
| Banner County | George W. Bush+325 | 39084.4% | 6514.1% | 51.1% | 462 |
| Blaine County | George W. Bush+256 | 29985.7% | 4312.3% | 20.6% | 349 |
| Boone County | George W. Bush+1,621 | 2,19676.7% | 57520.1% | 260.9% | 2,862 |
| Box Butte County | George W. Bush+1,594 | 3,20863.0% | 1,61431.7% | 641.3% | 5,089 |
| Boyd County | George W. Bush+666 | 93175.0% | 26521.3% | 211.7% | 1,242 |
| Brown County | George W. Bush+1,125 | 1,37581.7% | 25014.8% | 231.4% | 1,684 |
| Buffalo County | George W. Bush+8,004 | 11,93172.5% | 3,92723.9% | 1200.7% | 16,461 |
| Burt County | George W. Bush+833 | 2,05660.6% | 1,22336.1% | 401.2% | 3,392 |
| Butler County | George W. Bush+1,610 | 2,63868.9% | 1,02826.9% | 541.4% | 3,828 |
| Cass County | George W. Bush+2,488 | 6,14459.8% | 3,65635.6% | 1111.1% | 10,280 |
| Cedar County | George W. Bush+1,927 | 2,98970.0% | 1,06224.9% | 781.8% | 4,269 |
| Chase County | George W. Bush+1,199 | 1,50580.3% | 30616.3% | 261.4% | 1,875 |
| Cherry County | George W. Bush+1,876 | 2,32281.6% | 44615.7% | 291.0% | 2,847 |
| Cheyenne County | George W. Bush+2,363 | 3,20776.6% | 84420.2% | 591.4% | 4,186 |
| Clay County | George W. Bush+1,552 | 2,32672.3% | 77424.1% | 290.9% | 3,215 |
| Colfax County | George W. Bush+1,475 | 2,33870.5% | 86326.0% | 421.3% | 3,315 |
| Cuming County | George W. Bush+2,375 | 3,23276.7% | 85720.3% | 350.8% | 4,215 |
| Custer County | George W. Bush+3,269 | 4,24578.4% | 97618.0% | 531.0% | 5,414 |
| Dakota County | George W. Bush+424 | 3,11951.5% | 2,69544.5% | 1061.7% | 6,061 |
| Dawes County | George W. Bush+1,726 | 2,54970.4% | 82322.7% | 371.0% | 3,621 |
| Dawson County | George W. Bush+3,771 | 5,51173.4% | 1,74023.2% | 1131.5% | 7,507 |
| Deuel County | George W. Bush+570 | 78375.8% | 21320.6% | 101.0% | 1,033 |
| Dixon County | George W. Bush+1,014 | 1,83465.7% | 82029.4% | 782.8% | 2,792 |
| Dodge County | George W. Bush+3,850 | 8,87161.3% | 5,02134.7% | 1370.9% | 14,472 |
| Douglas County | George W. Bush+27,678 | 101,02555.2% | 73,34740.0% | 1,6750.9% | 183,156 |
| Dundy County | George W. Bush+622 | 80179.2% | 17917.7% | 121.2% | 1,011 |
| Fillmore County | George W. Bush+1,176 | 2,02467.5% | 84828.3% | 230.8% | 2,998 |
| Franklin County | George W. Bush+776 | 1,19671.7% | 42025.2% | 161.0% | 1,668 |
| Frontier County | George W. Bush+858 | 1,10279.1% | 24417.5% | 201.4% | 1,393 |
| Furnas County | George W. Bush+1,315 | 1,84976.1% | 53422.0% | 190.8% | 2,431 |
| Gage County | George W. Bush+2,022 | 5,53858.3% | 3,51637.0% | 971.0% | 9,506 |
| Garden County | George W. Bush+760 | 96379.0% | 20316.7% | 151.2% | 1,219 |
| Garfield County | George W. Bush+516 | 71874.6% | 20221.0% | 101.0% | 963 |
| Gosper County | George W. Bush+529 | 75774.7% | 22822.5% | 101.0% | 1,014 |
| Grant County | George W. Bush+275 | 32484.2% | 4912.7% | 20.5% | 385 |
| Greeley County | George W. Bush+423 | 83964.0% | 41631.8% | 181.4% | 1,310 |
| Hall County | George W. Bush+5,851 | 11,80363.6% | 5,95232.1% | 1961.1% | 18,546 |
| Hamilton County | George W. Bush+2,185 | 3,25172.4% | 1,06623.7% | 330.7% | 4,491 |
| Harlan County | George W. Bush+920 | 1,35873.3% | 43823.7% | 191.0% | 1,852 |
| Hayes County | George W. Bush+420 | 48685.1% | 6611.6% | 111.9% | 571 |
| Hitchcock County | George W. Bush+814 | 1,12676.1% | 31221.1% | 211.4% | 1,480 |
| Holt County | George W. Bush+3,108 | 3,95479.7% | 84617.1% | 661.3% | 4,959 |
| Hooker County | George W. Bush+243 | 31777.5% | 7418.1% | 51.2% | 409 |
| Howard County | George W. Bush+805 | 1,76062.3% | 95533.8% | 411.5% | 2,827 |
| Jefferson County | George W. Bush+990 | 2,35161.1% | 1,36135.4% | 330.9% | 3,847 |
| Johnson County | George W. Bush+416 | 1,21057.3% | 79437.6% | 341.6% | 2,112 |
| Kearney County | George W. Bush+1,653 | 2,33374.7% | 68021.8% | 341.1% | 3,122 |
| Keith County | George W. Bush+2,175 | 2,95376.7% | 77820.2% | 431.1% | 3,849 |
| Keya Paha County | George W. Bush+344 | 42282.3% | 7815.2% | 71.4% | 513 |
| Kimball County | George W. Bush+1,000 | 1,37975.8% | 37920.8% | 211.2% | 1,820 |
| Knox County | George W. Bush+1,747 | 2,78470.0% | 1,03726.1% | 471.2% | 3,978 |
| Lancaster County | George W. Bush+10,864 | 55,51451.8% | 44,65041.7% | 7860.7% | 107,132 |
| Lincoln County | George W. Bush+4,015 | 9,22061.0% | 5,20534.4% | 1871.2% | 15,114 |
| Logan County | George W. Bush+276 | 33681.6% | 6014.6% | 51.2% | 412 |
| Loup County | George W. Bush+200 | 28475.1% | 8422.2% | 30.8% | 378 |
| Madison County | George W. Bush+6,864 | 9,63675.0% | 2,77221.6% | 1551.2% | 12,853 |
| McPherson County | George W. Bush+196 | 24481.1% | 4815.9% | 82.7% | 301 |
| Merrick County | George W. Bush+1,532 | 2,38071.3% | 84825.4% | 280.8% | 3,340 |
| Morrill County | George W. Bush+1,137 | 1,59774.7% | 46021.5% | 351.6% | 2,138 |
| Nance County | George W. Bush+608 | 1,10566.4% | 49729.8% | 171.0% | 1,665 |
| Nemaha County | George W. Bush+1,114 | 2,17764.6% | 1,06331.6% | 351.0% | 3,369 |
| Nuckolls County | George W. Bush+1,057 | 1,70169.6% | 64426.4% | 321.3% | 2,443 |
| Otoe County | George W. Bush+1,970 | 4,17862.7% | 2,20833.1% | 580.9% | 6,662 |
| Pawnee County | George W. Bush+415 | 93761.7% | 52234.4% | 221.4% | 1,519 |
| Perkins County | George W. Bush+927 | 1,17080.6% | 24316.7% | 80.6% | 1,452 |
| Phelps County | George W. Bush+2,641 | 3,57577.3% | 93420.2% | 320.7% | 4,627 |
| Pierce County | George W. Bush+1,964 | 2,53479.0% | 57017.8% | 521.6% | 3,208 |
| Platte County | George W. Bush+7,249 | 9,86176.7% | 2,61220.3% | 1200.9% | 12,859 |
| Polk County | George W. Bush+1,315 | 1,92573.7% | 61023.3% | 261.0% | 2,613 |
| Red Willow County | George W. Bush+2,492 | 3,68073.2% | 1,18823.6% | 541.1% | 5,025 |
| Richardson County | George W. Bush+1,241 | 2,62363.2% | 1,38233.3% | 621.5% | 4,150 |
| Rock County | George W. Bush+584 | 72581.1% | 14115.8% | 111.2% | 894 |
| Saline County | George W. Bush+260 | 2,58150.2% | 2,32145.1% | 561.1% | 5,145 |
| Sarpy County | George W. Bush+14,342 | 28,97964.0% | 14,63732.3% | 3540.8% | 45,278 |
| Saunders County | George W. Bush+2,836 | 5,68863.8% | 2,85232.0% | 1021.1% | 8,919 |
| Scotts Bluff County | George W. Bush+5,460 | 9,39767.9% | 3,93728.4% | 1050.8% | 13,839 |
| Seward County | George W. Bush+2,207 | 4,45763.5% | 2,25032.1% | 640.9% | 7,016 |
| Sheridan County | George W. Bush+1,713 | 2,10581.7% | 39215.2% | 251.0% | 2,576 |
| Sherman County | George W. Bush+508 | 1,07262.9% | 56433.1% | 211.2% | 1,705 |
| Sioux County | George W. Bush+531 | 62983.6% | 9813.0% | 70.9% | 752 |
| Stanton County | George W. Bush+1,395 | 1,89576.2% | 50020.1% | 381.5% | 2,486 |
| Thayer County | George W. Bush+1,275 | 2,09669.7% | 82127.3% | 240.8% | 3,006 |
| Thomas County | George W. Bush+274 | 32983.3% | 5513.9% | 20.5% | 395 |
| Thurston County | George W. Bush+116 | 1,04050.0% | 92444.4% | 623.0% | 2,082 |
| Valley County | George W. Bush+1,027 | 1,61071.1% | 58325.8% | 251.1% | 2,263 |
| Washington County | George W. Bush+3,208 | 5,75866.8% | 2,55029.6% | 841.0% | 8,626 |
| Wayne County | George W. Bush+1,773 | 2,77470.4% | 1,00125.4% | 461.2% | 3,940 |
| Webster County | George W. Bush+718 | 1,30266.9% | 58430.0% | 110.6% | 1,945 |
| Wheeler County | George W. Bush+266 | 35177.5% | 8518.8% | 61.3% | 453 |
| York County | George W. Bush+3,409 | 4,81674.6% | 1,40721.8% | 761.2% | 6,460 |
Nominees: Al Gore (D) · George W. Bush (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2000 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% |
Same ballot, 2000NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2000 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.