Nebraska presidential election results 2000

George W. Bush carried Nebraska by 28.99 points (202,082 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 5
Votes counted: 697,019
NE result: R+29.0
Compared with the nation: 29.5 pts more Republican
Swing since 1996: 10.3 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
George W. Bush	Republican	433,862	62.20%	5
Albert Gore, Jr.	Democratic	231,780	33.30%	—
Ralph Nader	Green	24,540	3.50%	—
Total votes		697,019

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

Sources: 2000

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Albert Gore, Jr.	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	3,686	8,162	590	12,438	36.0
Antelope	678	2,562	128	3,368	55.9
Arthur	26	235	11	272	76.8
Banner	65	390	7	462	70.3
Blaine	43	299	7	349	73.4
Boone	575	2,196	91	2,862	56.6
Box Butte	1,614	3,208	267	5,089	31.3
Boyd	265	931	46	1,242	53.6
Brown	250	1,375	59	1,684	66.8
Buffalo	3,927	11,931	603	16,461	48.6
Burt	1,223	2,056	113	3,392	24.6
Butler	1,028	2,638	162	3,828	42.1
Cass	3,656	6,144	480	10,280	24.2
Cedar	1,062	2,989	218	4,269	45.1
Chase	306	1,505	64	1,875	63.9
Cherry	446	2,322	79	2,847	65.9
Cheyenne	844	3,207	135	4,186	56.5
Clay	774	2,326	115	3,215	48.3
Colfax	863	2,338	114	3,315	44.5
Cuming	857	3,232	126	4,215	56.3
Custer	976	4,245	193	5,414	60.4
Dakota	2,695	3,119	247	6,061	7.0
Dawes	823	2,549	249	3,621	47.7
Dawson	1,740	5,511	256	7,507	50.2
Deuel	213	783	37	1,033	55.2
Dixon	820	1,834	138	2,792	36.3
Dodge	5,021	8,871	580	14,472	26.6
Douglas	73,347	101,025	8,784	183,156	15.1
Dundy	179	801	31	1,011	61.5
Fillmore	848	2,024	126	2,998	39.2
Franklin	420	1,196	52	1,668	46.5
Frontier	244	1,102	47	1,393	61.6
Furnas	534	1,849	48	2,431	54.1
Gage	3,516	5,538	452	9,506	21.3
Garden	203	963	53	1,219	62.3
Garfield	202	718	43	963	53.6
Gosper	228	757	29	1,014	52.2
Grant	49	324	12	385	71.4
Greeley	416	839	55	1,310	32.3
Hall	5,952	11,803	791	18,546	31.5
Hamilton	1,066	3,251	174	4,491	48.7
Harlan	438	1,358	56	1,852	49.7
Hayes	66	486	19	571	73.6
Hitchcock	312	1,126	42	1,480	55.0
Holt	846	3,954	159	4,959	62.7
Hooker	74	317	18	409	59.4
Howard	955	1,760	112	2,827	28.5
Jefferson	1,361	2,351	135	3,847	25.7
Johnson	794	1,210	108	2,112	19.7
Kearney	680	2,333	109	3,122	52.9
Keith	778	2,953	118	3,849	56.5
Keya Paha	78	422	13	513	67.1
Kimball	379	1,379	62	1,820	54.9
Knox	1,037	2,784	157	3,978	43.9
Lancaster	44,650	55,514	6,968	107,132	10.1
Lincoln	5,205	9,220	689	15,114	26.6
Logan	60	336	16	412	67.0
Loup	84	284	10	378	52.9
Madison	2,772	9,636	445	12,853	53.4
McPherson	48	244	9	301	65.1
Merrick	848	2,380	112	3,340	45.9
Morrill	460	1,597	81	2,138	53.2
Nance	497	1,105	63	1,665	36.5
Nemaha	1,063	2,177	129	3,369	33.1
Nuckolls	644	1,701	98	2,443	43.3
Otoe	2,208	4,178	276	6,662	29.6
Pawnee	522	937	60	1,519	27.3
Perkins	243	1,170	39	1,452	63.8
Phelps	934	3,575	118	4,627	57.1
Pierce	570	2,534	104	3,208	61.2
Platte	2,612	9,861	386	12,859	56.4
Polk	610	1,925	78	2,613	50.3
Red Willow	1,188	3,680	157	5,025	49.6
Richardson	1,382	2,623	145	4,150	29.9
Rock	141	725	28	894	65.3
Saline	2,321	2,581	243	5,145	5.1
Sarpy	14,637	28,979	1,662	45,278	31.7
Saunders	2,852	5,688	379	8,919	31.8
Scotts Bluff	3,937	9,397	505	13,839	39.5
Seward	2,250	4,457	309	7,016	31.5
Sheridan	392	2,105	79	2,576	66.5
Sherman	564	1,072	69	1,705	29.8
Sioux	98	629	25	752	70.6
Stanton	500	1,895	91	2,486	56.1
Thayer	821	2,096	89	3,006	42.4
Thomas	55	329	11	395	69.4
Thurston	924	1,040	118	2,082	5.6
Valley	583	1,610	70	2,263	45.4
Washington	2,550	5,758	318	8,626	37.2
Wayne	1,001	2,774	165	3,940	45.0
Webster	584	1,302	59	1,945	36.9
Wheeler	85	351	17	453	58.7
York	1,407	4,816	237	6,460	52.8

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Nebraska in 2000?

George W. Bush won Nebraska by 28.99 percentage points (202,082 votes).

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 2000?

Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes in 2000.

How many people voted for president in Nebraska in 2000?

697,019 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Nebraska in 2000?

George W. Bush 93 (out of 93 counties with results).

How did Nebraska change from 1996 to 2000?

The margin moved 10.3 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 18.7 points to Republican by 29.0 points.

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