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Nebraska · 1912 presidential election

Nebraska presidential election results 1912

Woodrow Wilson carried Nebraska by 14.56 points (36,327 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
249,483
NE result
D+22.0
Compared with the nation
3.4 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1908
20.4 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic109,00843.70%8
Theodore RooseveltProgressive72,68129.10%—
William Howard TaftRepublican54,22621.70%—
Eugene V. DebsSocialist10,1854.10%—
Total votes249,483

Nebraska gives two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district.

Sources: 1912

Questions and answers

Who won Nebraska in 1912?

Woodrow Wilson won Nebraska by 14.56 percentage points (36,327 votes).

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 1912?

Nebraska cast 8 electoral votes in 1912.

How many people voted for president in Nebraska in 1912?

249,483 votes were counted for president.

How did Nebraska change from 1908 to 1912?

The margin moved 20.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 1.5 points to Democratic by 22.0 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data