Nebraska · 2012 presidential election
Nebraska presidential election results 2012
Mitt Romney carried Nebraska by 21.78 points (172,983 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 5
- Votes counted
- 794,379
- NE result
- R+21.8
- Compared with the nation
- 25.7 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2008
- 6.8 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney | Republican | 475,064 | 59.80% | 5 | |
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 302,081 | 38.00% | — | |
| Total votes | 794,379 | ||||
Nebraska gives two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district.
County resultsCertified
Download CSVAll 4 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney (Republican) | Republican | 475,064 | 60.08% |
| Barack Obama (Democrat) | Democrat | 302,081 | 38.21% |
| Gary Johnson (Libertarian) | Libertarian | 11,109 | 1.41% |
| Randall A. Terry (By Petition) | By Petition | 2,408 | 0.30% |
| Write-in / scattering | 3,717 | ||
| County | Mitt Romney | Barack Obama | Gary Johnson | Randall A. Terry | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 8,316 | 4,062 | 180 | 46 | 12,604 | 33.8 |
| Antelope | 2,596 | 571 | 39 | 15 | 3,221 | 62.9 |
| Arthur | 227 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 261 | 75.5 |
| Banner | 346 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 409 | 71.1 |
| Blaine | 268 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 301 | 79.4 |
| Boone | 2,138 | 615 | 31 | 17 | 2,801 | 54.4 |
| Box Butte | 2,869 | 1,692 | 96 | 24 | 4,681 | 25.1 |
| Boyd | 873 | 188 | 5 | 5 | 1,071 | 64.0 |
| Brown | 1,302 | 224 | 17 | 7 | 1,550 | 69.5 |
| Buffalo | 13,570 | 5,365 | 356 | 64 | 19,355 | 42.4 |
| Burt | 2,029 | 1,291 | 33 | 14 | 3,367 | 21.9 |
| Butler | 2,738 | 1,045 | 51 | 11 | 3,845 | 44.0 |
| Cass | 7,556 | 4,367 | 174 | 30 | 12,127 | 26.3 |
| Cedar | 3,278 | 958 | 61 | 16 | 4,313 | 53.8 |
| Chase | 1,584 | 254 | 17 | 7 | 1,862 | 71.4 |
| Cherry | 2,557 | 436 | 47 | 12 | 3,052 | 69.5 |
| Cheyenne | 3,449 | 1,084 | 69 | 22 | 4,624 | 51.1 |
| Clay | 2,232 | 667 | 31 | 11 | 2,941 | 53.2 |
| Colfax | 2,051 | 969 | 31 | 12 | 3,063 | 35.3 |
| Cuming | 2,876 | 1,031 | 41 | 14 | 3,962 | 46.6 |
| Custer | 4,296 | 1,083 | 79 | 22 | 5,480 | 58.6 |
| Dakota | 3,094 | 2,922 | 82 | 18 | 6,116 | 2.8 |
| Dawes | 2,478 | 1,132 | 71 | 30 | 3,711 | 36.3 |
| Dawson | 5,460 | 2,199 | 113 | 42 | 7,814 | 41.7 |
| Deuel | 763 | 215 | 25 | 9 | 1,012 | 54.2 |
| Dixon | 1,745 | 870 | 37 | 12 | 2,664 | 32.8 |
| Dodge | 8,995 | 5,673 | 187 | 48 | 14,903 | 22.3 |
| Douglas | 113,220 | 106,456 | 2,763 | 389 | 222,828 | 3.0 |
| Dundy | 792 | 176 | 11 | 3 | 982 | 62.7 |
| Fillmore | 2,007 | 807 | 32 | 18 | 2,864 | 41.9 |
| Franklin | 1,112 | 384 | 26 | 10 | 1,532 | 47.5 |
| Frontier | 1,007 | 271 | 15 | 6 | 1,299 | 56.7 |
| Furnas | 1,782 | 423 | 17 | 10 | 2,232 | 60.9 |
| Gage | 5,513 | 3,903 | 158 | 59 | 9,633 | 16.7 |
| Garden | 829 | 242 | 10 | 7 | 1,088 | 54.0 |
| Garfield | 769 | 149 | 13 | 6 | 937 | 66.2 |
| Gosper | 734 | 230 | 9 | 4 | 977 | 51.6 |
| Grant | 322 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 363 | 80.4 |
| Greeley | 820 | 340 | 12 | 9 | 1,181 | 40.6 |
| Hall | 12,646 | 7,161 | 275 | 70 | 20,152 | 27.2 |
| Hamilton | 3,600 | 1,146 | 80 | 26 | 4,852 | 50.6 |
| Harlan | 1,395 | 354 | 20 | 6 | 1,775 | 58.6 |
| Hayes | 476 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 539 | 78.8 |
| Hitchcock | 1,178 | 274 | 27 | 13 | 1,492 | 60.6 |
| Holt | 3,922 | 882 | 69 | 38 | 4,911 | 61.9 |
| Hooker | 330 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 394 | 68.8 |
| Howard | 1,890 | 914 | 33 | 19 | 2,856 | 34.2 |
| Jefferson | 2,166 | 1,195 | 59 | 16 | 3,436 | 28.3 |
| Johnson | 1,225 | 790 | 36 | 8 | 2,059 | 21.1 |
| Kearney | 2,349 | 773 | 43 | 11 | 3,176 | 49.6 |
| Keith | 3,044 | 928 | 58 | 13 | 4,043 | 52.3 |
| Keya Paha | 393 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 482 | 64.9 |
| Kimball | 1,235 | 395 | 38 | 14 | 1,682 | 49.9 |
| Knox | 2,885 | 1,059 | 57 | 25 | 4,026 | 45.4 |
| Lancaster | 62,434 | 62,015 | 1,874 | 298 | 126,621 | 0.3 |
| Lincoln | 10,728 | 4,450 | 315 | 60 | 15,553 | 40.4 |
| Logan | 356 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 431 | 66.8 |
| Loup | 290 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 356 | 64.0 |
| Madison | 10,062 | 3,485 | 225 | 56 | 13,828 | 47.6 |
| McPherson | 237 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 290 | 67.6 |
| Merrick | 2,490 | 925 | 46 | 14 | 3,475 | 45.0 |
| Morrill | 1,681 | 455 | 32 | 12 | 2,180 | 56.2 |
| Nance | 1,106 | 481 | 18 | 12 | 1,617 | 38.7 |
| Nemaha | 2,012 | 1,128 | 44 | 17 | 3,201 | 27.6 |
| Nuckolls | 1,574 | 568 | 34 | 10 | 2,186 | 46.0 |
| Otoe | 4,258 | 2,561 | 108 | 29 | 6,956 | 24.4 |
| Pawnee | 899 | 400 | 26 | 12 | 1,337 | 37.3 |
| Perkins | 1,135 | 238 | 15 | 6 | 1,394 | 64.3 |
| Phelps | 3,400 | 880 | 72 | 10 | 4,362 | 57.8 |
| Pierce | 2,707 | 637 | 57 | 13 | 3,414 | 60.6 |
| Platte | 10,061 | 3,148 | 139 | 61 | 13,409 | 51.6 |
| Polk | 1,890 | 528 | 24 | 9 | 2,451 | 55.6 |
| Red Willow | 3,891 | 952 | 55 | 18 | 4,916 | 59.8 |
| Richardson | 2,443 | 1,191 | 67 | 26 | 3,727 | 33.6 |
| Rock | 672 | 103 | 8 | 4 | 787 | 72.3 |
| Saline | 2,557 | 2,289 | 64 | 18 | 4,928 | 5.4 |
| Sarpy | 43,213 | 26,671 | 1,106 | 149 | 71,139 | 23.3 |
| Saunders | 6,770 | 3,307 | 167 | 33 | 10,277 | 33.7 |
| Scotts Bluff | 9,648 | 4,327 | 185 | 69 | 14,229 | 37.4 |
| Seward | 5,003 | 2,386 | 110 | 29 | 7,528 | 34.8 |
| Sheridan | 2,021 | 390 | 44 | 7 | 2,462 | 66.2 |
| Sherman | 927 | 552 | 29 | 12 | 1,520 | 24.7 |
| Sioux | 624 | 101 | 10 | 1 | 736 | 71.1 |
| Stanton | 1,949 | 614 | 49 | 22 | 2,634 | 50.7 |
| Thayer | 1,874 | 728 | 41 | 9 | 2,652 | 43.2 |
| Thomas | 360 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 408 | 77.9 |
| Thurston | 939 | 1,247 | 20 | 1 | 2,207 | 14.0 |
| Valley | 1,657 | 498 | 25 | 7 | 2,187 | 53.0 |
| Washington | 6,899 | 3,132 | 136 | 26 | 10,193 | 37.0 |
| Wayne | 2,493 | 1,074 | 73 | 19 | 3,659 | 38.8 |
| Webster | 1,258 | 442 | 31 | 6 | 1,737 | 47.0 |
| Wheeler | 345 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 446 | 56.5 |
| York | 4,874 | 1,373 | 61 | 20 | 6,328 | 55.3 |
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.
Congressional district resultsCertified
Download CSV| Congressional district | Mitt Romney | Barack Obama | Gary Johnson | Randall A. Terry | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cd-1 | 152,021 | 108,082 | 3,847 | 762 | 264,712 | 16.6 |
| Cd-2 | 140,976 | 121,889 | 3,393 | 469 | 266,727 | 7.2 |
| Cd-3 | 182,067 | 72,110 | 3,869 | 1,177 | 259,223 | 42.4 |
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
- One row per congressional district (the district's TOTAL line); the county rows under each district are in the document. The UCSB 2012 page prints no district rows for Nebraska, so there is no answer key for these rows.
Method: text layer: words grouped by baseline (pdfplumber), numeric tokens taken as the row's values under the spec's column labels; each row's digits matched against PyMuPDF's words (second extraction)
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Questions and answers
Who won Nebraska in 2012?
Mitt Romney won Nebraska by 21.78 percentage points (172,983 votes).
How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 2012?
Nebraska cast 5 electoral votes in 2012.
How many people voted for president in Nebraska in 2012?
794,379 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Nebraska in 2012?
Mitt Romney 92, Barack Obama 1 (out of 93 counties with results).
How did Nebraska change from 2008 to 2012?
The margin moved 6.8 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 14.9 points to Republican by 21.8 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data