United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2004

United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee George W. Bush John Kerry Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Massachusetts Running mate Dick Cheney John Edwards Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 512,814 254,328 Percentage 65.90% 32.68%

County Results   Kerry—50-60%   Bush—50-60%   Bush—60-70%   Bush—70-80%   Bush—80-90%   Bush—>90%

President before election George W. Bush Republican Elected President George W. Bush Republican

The 2004 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 2004 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose 5 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. However, this state is one of the two states of the U.S. that, instead of giving all of its electors to the winner based on its statewide results, just two of them vote based on the statewide results, and the others vote based on their individual congressional district results.

Nebraska, a rural Great Plains state, is a Republican and conservative stronghold. Voters here gave an overwhelming victory to George W. Bush, who received more than twice the number of votes of his challenger, John F. Kerry. Bush who carried the state in 2000 increased his margin of victory, from 29% (2000) to 33% in 2004. Bush carried every congressional district, and all but one county (Thurston County) which Kerry won with barely 50.8% (see table below).

Primaries & Caucuses

• Nebraska Democratic caucuses, 2004
• Nebraska Republican primary, 2004

Results

Statewide

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas	Richard Cheney of Wyoming	Republican	5	512,814	65.90%
John Kerry of Massachusetts	John Edwards of North Carolina	Democrat	0	254,328	32.68%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut	Peter Camejo of California	Reform	0	5,698	0.73%
Michael Badnarik of Texas	Richard Campagna of Iowa	Libertarian	0	2,041	0.26%
Others	-	-	0	3,305	0.42%

Congressional District

Bush won all three congressional districts.^[1]

District	Bush	Kerry	Representative
1st	63%	36%	Doug Bereuter
Jeff Fortenberry
2nd	60%	38%	Lee Terry
3rd	75%	24%	Tom Osborne

Results Breakdown

By county

County	John F. Kerry		George W. Bush		Others
Adams	28.5%	3,791	69.5%	9,233	2.0%	262
Antelope	17.9%	613	80.6%	2,761	1.5%	50
Arthur	9.0%	24	90.2%	240	0.8%	2
Banner	12.8%	56	86.7%	379	0.5%	2
Blaine	11.2%	38	88.8%	301	0.0%	0
Boone	18.9%	546	79.8%	2,309	1.4%	40
Box Butte	32.2%	1,657	65.9%	3,396	1.9%	99
Boyd	19.9%	228	79.4%	911	0.8%	9
Brown	15.5%	268	82.3%	1,426	2.3%	39
Buffalo	22.0%	4,100	76.4%	14,222	1.5%	286
Burt	34.7%	1,272	64.0%	2,349	1.3%	47
Butler	25.6%	1,068	72.4%	3,016	2.0%	84
Cass	31.4%	3,619	67.3%	7,763	1.3%	147
Cedar	23.9%	1,083	74.7%	3,387	1.5%	66
Chase	15.3%	302	83.7%	1,652	1.0%	19
Cherry	15.9%	483	82.5%	2,509	1.6%	50
Cheyenne	18.8%	893	79.9%	3,791	1.3%	62
Clay	22.3%	743	76.2%	2,543	1.5%	51
Colfax	27.3%	990	71.3%	2,589	1.5%	54
Cuming	22.2%	966	76.6%	3,330	1.2%	53
Custer	18.5%	1,040	80.5%	4,518	1.0%	54
Dakota	45.8%	3,027	53.3%	3,526	0.9%	62
Dawes	28.0%	1,119	70.3%	2,809	1.7%	66
Dawson	21.7%	1,728	77.3%	6,149	1.0%	79
Deuel	21.1%	222	77.9%	820	1.0%	11
Dixon	31.2%	938	67.4%	2,028	1.4%	43
Dodge	32.5%	5,250	66.3%	10,716	1.3%	206
Douglas	40.2%	83,330	58.3%	120,813	1.4%	2,928
Dundy	17.7%	186	81.5%	858	0.9%	9
Fillmore	25.9%	828	72.5%	2,314	1.6%	51
Franklin	24.0%	412	74.5%	1,277	1.5%	25
Frontier	18.7%	275	79.1%	1,160	2.2%	32
Furnas	19.9%	492	79.0%	1,950	1.0%	25
Gage	35.2%	3,655	63.3%	6,575	1.5%	154
Garden	17.0%	201	82.0%	970	1.0%	12
Garfield	19.3%	196	79.3%	806	1.5%	15
Gosper	19.8%	222	79.5%	890	0.6%	7
Grant	10.4%	41	88.9%	352	0.8%	3
Greeley	28.9%	361	69.3%	865	1.8%	22
Hall	29.4%	6,228	69.0%	14,592	1.6%	334
Hamilton	20.8%	1,012	77.8%	3,785	1.4%	69
Harlan	21.0%	398	77.3%	1,467	1.7%	32
Hayes	11.0%	66	87.6%	524	1.3%	8
Hitchcock	19.9%	296	78.8%	1,171	1.3%	19
Holt	17.3%	894	81.5%	4,217	1.2%	63
Hooker	13.9%	64	85.0%	392	1.1%	5
Howard	30.2%	900	67.8%	2,020	2.0%	59
Jefferson	33.7%	1,352	64.8%	2,600	1.5%	59
Johnson	37.0%	885	61.4%	1,470	1.6%	39
Kearney	20.9%	707	77.6%	2,621	1.5%	51
Keith	18.0%	743	81.1%	3,356	0.9%	38
Keya Paha	17.9%	98	80.5%	442	1.6%	9
Kimball	19.5%	366	79.4%	1,491	1.1%	20
Knox	25.8%	1,086	72.7%	3,062	1.5%	65
Lancaster	42.4%	52,747	56.0%	69,764	1.6%	1,998
Lincoln	30.3%	4,905	68.3%	11,056	1.5%	238
Logan	15.6%	67	83.2%	357	1.2%	5
Loup	17.6%	68	81.3%	314	1.0%	4
Madison	20.8%	2,934	77.9%	10,981	1.2%	174
McPherson	15.7%	49	83.0%	259	1.3%	4
Merrick	22.8%	833	75.8%	2,771	1.4%	53
Morrill	21.6%	495	76.5%	1,755	1.9%	43
Nance	26.5%	459	71.5%	1,237	2.0%	35
Nemaha	28.7%	1,066	69.9%	2,595	1.5%	54
Nuckolls	21.9%	541	76.2%	1,884	1.9%	46
Otoe	30.8%	2,275	67.9%	5,018	1.3%	93
Pawnee	32.4%	481	66.5%	986	1.1%	16
Perkins	16.8%	262	82.5%	1,285	0.7%	11
Phelps	17.5%	830	81.6%	3,872	0.9%	41
Pierce	16.1%	546	83.1%	2,824	0.8%	28
Platte	19.0%	2,657	79.6%	11,130	1.4%	200
Polk	20.1%	549	78.7%	2,146	1.2%	32
Red Willow	20.1%	1,055	78.5%	4,129	1.4%	74
Richardson	30.3%	1,297	68.3%	2,924	1.3%	57
Rock	14.7%	130	83.8%	740	1.5%	13
Saline	43.5%	2,420	55.2%	3,071	1.3%	75
Sarpy	29.9%	17,455	68.9%	40,163	1.2%	716
Saunders	30.4%	2,884	67.9%	6,441	1.7%	164
Scotts Bluff	26.7%	3,843	72.1%	10,378	1.2%	169
Seward	27.9%	2,114	70.8%	5,353	1.3%	98
Sheridan	16.5%	430	82.2%	2,136	1.3%	33
Sherman	32.9%	541	65.2%	1,072	1.8%	30
Sioux	15.2%	123	83.7%	677	1.1%	9
Stanton	20.4%	559	78.7%	2,159	1.0%	27
Thayer	26.5%	764	72.1%	2,075	1.4%	39
Thomas	13.5%	60	85.1%	378	1.4%	6
Thurston	50.8%	1,212	48.3%	1,154	0.9%	21
Valley	23.6%	564	75.3%	1,801	1.1%	26
Washington	27.7%	2,754	71.2%	7,083	1.1%	113
Wayne	25.9%	1,059	72.7%	2,971	1.3%	55
Webster	27.8%	557	70.1%	1,403	2.1%	42
Wheeler	17.9%	81	80.8%	366	1.3%	6
York	19.2%	1,304	79.3%	5,393	1.5%	100

References

1. http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/

See also