Nebraska · 2004 presidential election

Nebraska presidential election results 2004

George W. Bush carried Nebraska by 33.22 points (258,486 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.

Electoral votes

5

Votes counted

778,186

NE result

R+33.2

Compared with the nation

30.8 pts more Republican

Swing since 2000

4.2 pts to R

Statewide result

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

Sources: 2004

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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County	John Kerry	George W. Bush	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	3,791	9,233	262	13,286	41.0
Antelope	613	2,761	50	3,424	62.7
Arthur	24	240	2	266	81.2
Banner	56	379	2	437	73.9
Blaine	38	301	0	339	77.6
Boone	546	2,309	40	2,895	60.9
Box Butte	1,657	3,396	99	5,152	33.8
Boyd	228	911	9	1,148	59.5
Brown	268	1,426	39	1,733	66.8
Buffalo	4,100	14,222	286	18,608	54.4
Burt	1,272	2,349	47	3,668	29.4
Butler	1,068	3,016	84	4,168	46.7
Cass	3,619	7,763	147	11,529	35.9
Cedar	1,083	3,387	66	4,536	50.8
Chase	302	1,652	19	1,973	68.4
Cherry	483	2,509	50	3,042	66.6
Cheyenne	893	3,791	62	4,746	61.1
Clay	743	2,543	51	3,337	53.9
Colfax	990	2,589	54	3,633	44.0
Cuming	966	3,330	53	4,349	54.4
Custer	1,040	4,518	54	5,612	62.0
Dakota	3,027	3,526	62	6,615	7.5
Dawes	1,119	2,809	66	3,994	42.3
Dawson	1,728	6,149	79	7,956	55.6
Deuel	222	820	11	1,053	56.8
Dixon	938	2,028	43	3,009	36.2
Dodge	5,250	10,716	206	16,172	33.8
Douglas	83,330	120,813	2,928	207,071	18.1
Dundy	186	858	9	1,053	63.8
Fillmore	828	2,314	51	3,193	46.5
Franklin	412	1,277	25	1,714	50.5
Frontier	275	1,160	32	1,467	60.3
Furnas	492	1,950	25	2,467	59.1
Gage	3,655	6,575	154	10,384	28.1
Garden	201	970	12	1,183	65.0
Garfield	196	806	15	1,017	60.0
Gosper	222	890	7	1,119	59.7
Grant	41	352	3	396	78.5
Greeley	361	865	22	1,248	40.4
Hall	6,228	14,592	334	21,154	39.5
Hamilton	1,012	3,785	69	4,866	57.0
Harlan	398	1,467	32	1,897	56.4
Hayes	66	524	8	598	76.6
Hitchcock	296	1,171	19	1,486	58.9
Holt	894	4,217	63	5,174	64.2
Hooker	64	392	5	461	71.1
Howard	900	2,020	59	2,979	37.6
Jefferson	1,352	2,600	59	4,011	31.1
Johnson	885	1,470	39	2,394	24.4
Kearney	707	2,621	51	3,379	56.6
Keith	743	3,356	38	4,137	63.2
Keya Paha	98	442	9	549	62.7
Kimball	366	1,491	20	1,877	59.9
Knox	1,086	3,062	65	4,213	46.9
Lancaster	52,747	69,764	1,998	124,509	13.7
Lincoln	4,905	11,056	238	16,199	38.0
Logan	67	357	5	429	67.6
Loup	68	314	4	386	63.7
Madison	2,934	10,981	174	14,089	57.1
McPherson	49	259	4	312	67.3
Merrick	833	2,771	53	3,657	53.0
Morrill	495	1,755	43	2,293	54.9
Nance	459	1,237	35	1,731	44.9
Nemaha	1,066	2,595	54	3,715	41.2
Nuckolls	541	1,884	46	2,471	54.4
Otoe	2,275	5,018	93	7,386	37.1
Pawnee	481	986	16	1,483	34.1
Perkins	262	1,285	11	1,558	65.7
Phelps	830	3,872	41	4,743	64.1
Pierce	546	2,824	28	3,398	67.0
Platte	2,657	11,130	200	13,987	60.6
Polk	549	2,146	32	2,727	58.6
Red Willow	1,055	4,129	74	5,258	58.5
Richardson	1,297	2,924	57	4,278	38.0
Rock	130	740	13	883	69.1
Saline	2,420	3,071	75	5,566	11.7
Sarpy	17,455	40,163	716	58,334	38.9
Saunders	2,884	6,441	164	9,489	37.5
Scotts Bluff	3,843	10,378	169	14,390	45.4
Seward	2,114	5,353	98	7,565	42.8
Sheridan	430	2,136	33	2,599	65.6
Sherman	541	1,072	30	1,643	32.3
Sioux	123	677	9	809	68.5
Stanton	559	2,159	27	2,745	58.3
Thayer	764	2,075	39	2,878	45.6
Thomas	60	378	6	444	71.6
Thurston	1,212	1,154	21	2,387	2.4
Valley	564	1,801	26	2,391	51.7
Washington	2,754	7,083	113	9,950	43.5
Wayne	1,059	2,971	55	4,085	46.8
Webster	557	1,403	42	2,002	42.3
Wheeler	81	366	6	453	62.9
York	1,304	5,393	100	6,797	60.2

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 2004?

George W. Bush won Nebraska by 33.22 percentage points (258,486 votes).

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 2004?

Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes in 2004.

How many people voted for president in Nebraska in 2004?

778,186 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Nebraska in 2004?

George W. Bush 92, John Kerry 1 (out of 93 counties with results).

How did Nebraska change from 2000 to 2004?

The margin moved 4.2 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 29.0 points to Republican by 33.2 points.

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