2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska


The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
On May 10, 2016, in the presidential primaries, voters expressed their preferences for the Republican and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for president. Voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic party's nominee via caucus on March 5, 2016. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while unaffiliated voters chose any one primary in which to vote.
Donald Trump won the election in Nebraska with 58.7% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 33.7% of the vote.

Democratic caucus

Republican primary

Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
The Nebraska primary was held on May 10, 2016. Independents and registered Libertarians were allowed to vote in the state's Libertarian primary. The Nebraska Primary marked the third large victory for Gary Johnson in the handful of states that conduct Libertarian presidential primaries. However, since the Libertarian Party does not use such primaries for selecting delegates to its national nominating convention, the results were effectively non-binding.

General election polling

;Nebraska's 1st Congressional District
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hillary
Clinton 		Donald
Trump 		Gary
Johnson 		OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeSeptember 25–27, 201623329%53%———

;Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hillary
Clinton 		Donald
Trump 		Gary
Johnson 		OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeSeptember 25–27, 201623340%49%———
The Singularis Group, LLCMay 11–12, 20161,007± 3.08%36%44%——20%

;Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District
Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hillary
Clinton 		Donald
Trump 		Gary
Johnson 		OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeSeptember 25–27, 201623420%65%———

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Nebraska as of Election Day.
  1. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump
  2. CNN: Solid Trump
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump
  4. NBC: Likely Trump
  5. RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump
  6. Fox News: Solid Republican
  7. ABC: Solid Trump

    Results

Results by county

Final results by county from the Nebraska Secretary Of State.

By congressional district

Trump won all of the state's three congressional districts, winning all of the state's electoral votes.
DistrictTrumpClintonRepresentative
56%36%Jeff Fortenberry
47%45%Brad Ashford
47%45%Don Bacon
74%20%Adrian Smith

Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican