Nebraska — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentRomneyR+21.8
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Mitt Romney ✓Republican | 59.8% | 475,064 |
|---|---|---|
| Barack ObamaDemocratic | 38.0% | 302,081 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.2% | 17,234 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 2012 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+33.6 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+75.2 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+70.8 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+78.9 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+64.0 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+69.3 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+42.2 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+43.9 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+53.5 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+71.2 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+69.2 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+50.9 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+58.4 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+36.1 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+53.9 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+32.6 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+3.0 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+62.5 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+56.4 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+60.7 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+53.8 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+66.0 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+80.4 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+78.8 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+61.6 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+68.6 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+28.2 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+52.1 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+64.7 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+63.7 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+47.4 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+67.4 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+56.0 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+64.3 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+57.5 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+60.3 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+51.3 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+55.4 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+59.5 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+72.1 |
| Saline County, NE | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+34.6 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+66.0 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+70.8 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+77.9 |
| Thurston County, NE | Democratic | D+13.9 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+52.8 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+36.8 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+56.3 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+55.1 |
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 | Mitt Romney+4,254 | 8,31665.6% | 4,06232.1% | 2922.3% | 12,670 |
| Antelope County | Mitt Romney+2,025 | 2,59680.3% | 57117.7% | 652.0% | 3,232 |
| Arthur County | Mitt Romney+197 | 22786.6% | 3011.5% | 51.9% | 262 |
| Banner County | Mitt Romney+291 | 34684.2% | 5513.4% | 102.4% | 411 |
| Blaine County | Mitt Romney+239 | 26888.4% | 299.6% | 62.0% | 303 |
| Boone County | Mitt Romney+1,523 | 2,13876.2% | 61521.9% | 531.9% | 2,806 |
| Box Butte County | Mitt Romney+1,177 | 2,86961.0% | 1,69236.0% | 1443.1% | 4,705 |
| Boyd County | Mitt Romney+685 | 87381.5% | 18817.6% | 100.9% | 1,071 |
| Brown County | Mitt Romney+1,078 | 1,30283.7% | 22414.4% | 291.9% | 1,555 |
| Buffalo County | Mitt Romney+8,205 | 13,57069.8% | 5,36527.6% | 5182.7% | 19,453 |
| Burt County | Mitt Romney+738 | 2,02960.1% | 1,29138.3% | 551.6% | 3,375 |
| Butler County | Mitt Romney+1,693 | 2,73871.0% | 1,04527.1% | 762.0% | 3,859 |
| Cass County | Mitt Romney+3,189 | 7,55662.0% | 4,36735.9% | 2572.1% | 12,180 |
| Cedar County | Mitt Romney+2,320 | 3,27875.6% | 95822.1% | 982.3% | 4,334 |
| Chase County | Mitt Romney+1,330 | 1,58484.8% | 25413.6% | 291.6% | 1,867 |
| Cherry County | Mitt Romney+2,121 | 2,55783.5% | 43614.2% | 712.3% | 3,064 |
| Cheyenne County | Mitt Romney+2,365 | 3,44974.2% | 1,08423.3% | 1162.5% | 4,649 |
| Clay County | Mitt Romney+1,565 | 2,23275.7% | 66722.6% | 481.6% | 2,947 |
| Colfax County | Mitt Romney+1,082 | 2,05166.8% | 96931.6% | 491.6% | 3,069 |
| Cuming County | Mitt Romney+1,845 | 2,87672.3% | 1,03125.9% | 691.7% | 3,976 |
| Custer County | Mitt Romney+3,213 | 4,29678.1% | 1,08319.7% | 1192.2% | 5,498 |
| Dakota County | Mitt Romney+172 | 3,09450.4% | 2,92247.6% | 1202.0% | 6,136 |
| Dawes County | Mitt Romney+1,346 | 2,47866.5% | 1,13230.4% | 1183.2% | 3,728 |
| Dawson County | Mitt Romney+3,261 | 5,46069.5% | 2,19928.0% | 2002.5% | 7,859 |
| Deuel County | Mitt Romney+548 | 76375.0% | 21521.1% | 393.8% | 1,017 |
| Dixon County | Mitt Romney+875 | 1,74565.0% | 87032.4% | 712.6% | 2,686 |
| Dodge County | Mitt Romney+3,322 | 8,99560.2% | 5,67337.9% | 2821.9% | 14,950 |
| Douglas County | Mitt Romney+6,764 | 113,22050.6% | 106,45647.5% | 4,2511.9% | 223,927 |
| Dundy County | Mitt Romney+616 | 79280.4% | 17617.9% | 171.7% | 985 |
| Fillmore County | Mitt Romney+1,200 | 2,00769.7% | 80728.0% | 652.3% | 2,879 |
| Franklin County | Mitt Romney+728 | 1,11272.4% | 38425.0% | 402.6% | 1,536 |
| Frontier County | Mitt Romney+736 | 1,00777.2% | 27120.8% | 272.1% | 1,305 |
| Furnas County | Mitt Romney+1,359 | 1,78279.6% | 42318.9% | 351.6% | 2,240 |
| Gage County | Mitt Romney+1,610 | 5,51357.1% | 3,90340.4% | 2452.5% | 9,661 |
| Garden County | Mitt Romney+587 | 82976.0% | 24222.2% | 201.8% | 1,091 |
| Garfield County | Mitt Romney+620 | 76981.8% | 14915.9% | 222.3% | 940 |
| Gosper County | Mitt Romney+504 | 73475.1% | 23023.5% | 141.4% | 978 |
| Grant County | Mitt Romney+292 | 32288.7% | 308.3% | 113.0% | 363 |
| Greeley County | Mitt Romney+480 | 82069.2% | 34028.7% | 252.1% | 1,185 |
| Hall County | Mitt Romney+5,485 | 12,64662.5% | 7,16135.4% | 4222.1% | 20,229 |
| Hamilton County | Mitt Romney+2,454 | 3,60073.9% | 1,14623.5% | 1252.6% | 4,871 |
| Harlan County | Mitt Romney+1,041 | 1,39578.5% | 35419.9% | 291.6% | 1,778 |
| Hayes County | Mitt Romney+425 | 47688.3% | 519.5% | 122.2% | 539 |
| Hitchcock County | Mitt Romney+904 | 1,17878.8% | 27418.3% | 432.9% | 1,495 |
| Holt County | Mitt Romney+3,040 | 3,92279.4% | 88217.9% | 1352.7% | 4,939 |
| Hooker County | Mitt Romney+271 | 33083.5% | 5914.9% | 61.5% | 395 |
| Howard County | Mitt Romney+976 | 1,89065.9% | 91431.8% | 662.3% | 2,870 |
| Jefferson County | Mitt Romney+971 | 2,16662.9% | 1,19534.7% | 852.5% | 3,446 |
| Johnson County | Mitt Romney+435 | 1,22559.4% | 79038.3% | 482.3% | 2,063 |
| Kearney County | Mitt Romney+1,576 | 2,34973.9% | 77324.3% | 581.8% | 3,180 |
| Keith County | Mitt Romney+2,116 | 3,04475.0% | 92822.9% | 862.1% | 4,058 |
| Keya Paha County | Mitt Romney+313 | 39381.2% | 8016.5% | 112.3% | 484 |
| Kimball County | Mitt Romney+840 | 1,23573.2% | 39523.4% | 573.4% | 1,687 |
| Knox County | Mitt Romney+1,826 | 2,88571.5% | 1,05926.2% | 922.3% | 4,036 |
| Lancaster County | Mitt Romney+419 | 62,43449.0% | 62,01548.7% | 2,9062.3% | 127,355 |
| Lincoln County | Mitt Romney+6,278 | 10,72868.5% | 4,45028.4% | 4773.0% | 15,655 |
| Logan County | Mitt Romney+288 | 35682.6% | 6815.8% | 71.6% | 431 |
| Loup County | Mitt Romney+228 | 29081.0% | 6217.3% | 61.7% | 358 |
| Madison County | Mitt Romney+6,577 | 10,06272.5% | 3,48525.1% | 3382.4% | 13,885 |
| McPherson County | Mitt Romney+196 | 23781.4% | 4114.1% | 134.5% | 291 |
| Merrick County | Mitt Romney+1,565 | 2,49071.4% | 92526.5% | 742.1% | 3,489 |
| Morrill County | Mitt Romney+1,226 | 1,68176.8% | 45520.8% | 542.5% | 2,190 |
| Nance County | Mitt Romney+625 | 1,10668.2% | 48129.7% | 342.1% | 1,621 |
| Nemaha County | Mitt Romney+884 | 2,01262.6% | 1,12835.1% | 742.3% | 3,214 |
| Nuckolls County | Mitt Romney+1,006 | 1,57471.8% | 56825.9% | 492.2% | 2,191 |
| Otoe County | Mitt Romney+1,697 | 4,25861.0% | 2,56136.7% | 1632.3% | 6,982 |
| Pawnee County | Mitt Romney+499 | 89967.0% | 40029.8% | 423.1% | 1,341 |
| Perkins County | Mitt Romney+897 | 1,13581.4% | 23817.1% | 211.5% | 1,394 |
| Phelps County | Mitt Romney+2,520 | 3,40077.6% | 88020.1% | 1002.3% | 4,380 |
| Pierce County | Mitt Romney+2,070 | 2,70778.9% | 63718.6% | 872.5% | 3,431 |
| Platte County | Mitt Romney+6,913 | 10,06174.7% | 3,14823.4% | 2642.0% | 13,473 |
| Polk County | Mitt Romney+1,362 | 1,89076.9% | 52821.5% | 391.6% | 2,457 |
| Red Willow County | Mitt Romney+2,939 | 3,89178.8% | 95219.3% | 931.9% | 4,936 |
| Richardson County | Mitt Romney+1,252 | 2,44365.3% | 1,19131.9% | 1052.8% | 3,739 |
| Rock County | Mitt Romney+569 | 67285.2% | 10313.1% | 141.8% | 789 |
| Saline County | Mitt Romney+268 | 2,55751.6% | 2,28946.2% | 1122.3% | 4,958 |
| Sarpy County | Mitt Romney+16,542 | 43,21360.4% | 26,67137.3% | 1,6062.2% | 71,490 |
| Saunders County | Mitt Romney+3,463 | 6,77065.7% | 3,30732.1% | 2352.3% | 10,312 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Mitt Romney+5,321 | 9,64867.5% | 4,32730.3% | 3122.2% | 14,287 |
| Seward County | Mitt Romney+2,617 | 5,00366.1% | 2,38631.5% | 1842.4% | 7,573 |
| Sheridan County | Mitt Romney+1,631 | 2,02181.8% | 39015.8% | 612.5% | 2,472 |
| Sherman County | Mitt Romney+375 | 92760.6% | 55236.1% | 513.3% | 1,530 |
| Sioux County | Mitt Romney+523 | 62484.4% | 10113.7% | 141.9% | 739 |
| Stanton County | Mitt Romney+1,335 | 1,94973.7% | 61423.2% | 813.1% | 2,644 |
| Thayer County | Mitt Romney+1,146 | 1,87470.5% | 72827.4% | 572.1% | 2,659 |
| Thomas County | Mitt Romney+318 | 36088.2% | 4210.3% | 61.5% | 408 |
| Thurston County | Barack Obama+308 | 93942.4% | 1,24756.3% | 291.3% | 2,215 |
| Valley County | Mitt Romney+1,159 | 1,65775.5% | 49822.7% | 401.8% | 2,195 |
| Washington County | Mitt Romney+3,767 | 6,89967.3% | 3,13230.6% | 2152.1% | 10,246 |
| Wayne County | Mitt Romney+1,419 | 2,49367.7% | 1,07429.2% | 1153.1% | 3,682 |
| Webster County | Mitt Romney+816 | 1,25872.2% | 44225.4% | 422.4% | 1,742 |
| Wheeler County | Mitt Romney+252 | 34577.0% | 9320.8% | 102.2% | 448 |
| York County | Mitt Romney+3,501 | 4,87476.7% | 1,37321.6% | 1081.7% | 6,355 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2012 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, 2012NE
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.