United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2012
County Results
Obama—50-60%
Romney—<50%
Romney—50-60%
Romney—60-70%
Romney—70-80%
Romney—80-90%
The 2012 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan .
On election day, Mitt Romney carried the state of Nebraska, taking 59.80% of the vote to Barack Obama's 38.03%, a margin of 21.77%. Nebraska is one of two states (along with Maine ) which splits its electoral votes based on the winner in each congressional district. In 2012, Romney won all 3 congressional districts, thus winning all 5 of the state's electoral votes. This was a change from 2008 , when the state as a whole had voted for Republican John McCain but Democrat Barack Obama still won an electoral vote from the state. Nebraska's 2nd congressional district , home to Omaha , had split with the rest of the state and awarded one of Nebraska's electoral votes to a Democratic presidential nominee for the first time since 1964 . Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, Indiana , and North Carolina were the only sources of electoral votes to change hands from Obama to the Republicans between 2008 and 2012.
General Election
Results
Results By Congressional District
Romney won all three of Nebraska's congressional districts.[1]
District
Romney %
Romney #
Obama %
Obama #
Johnson %
Johnson #
Terry %
Terry #
Representative
1st
57.43%
152,021
40.83%
108,082
1.45%
3,847
0.28%
762
Jeff Fortenberry
2nd
52.85%
140,976
45.70%
121,889
1.27%
3,393
0.18%
469
Lee Terry
3rd
70.23%
182,067
27.82%
72,110
1.44%
3,869
0.45%
1,177
Adrian Smith
By county
County
Romney
Votes
Obama
Votes
Others
Votes
Total
Adams
65.98%
8,316
32.23%
4,062
1.79%
226
12,604
Antelope
80.55%
2,585
17.79%
571
1.65%
53
3,209
Arthur
86.97%
227
11.49%
30
1.53%
4
261
Banner
84.56%
345
13.48%
55
1.96%
8
408
Blaine
89.04%
268
9.63%
29
1.33%
4
301
Boone
76.31%
2,136
21.97%
615
1.71%
48
2,799
Box Butte
61.29%
2,869
36.15%
1,692
2.56%
120
4,681
Boyd
81.51%
873
17.55%
188
0.93%
10
1,071
Brown
84.01%
1,298
14.43%
223
1.55%
24
1,545
Buffalo
69.76%
13,570
27.58%
5,365
2.66%
518
19,453
Burt
60.31%
2,016
38.29%
1,280
1.41%
47
3,343
Butler
71.48%
2,729
26.93%
1,028
1.60%
61
3,818
Cass
62.36%
7,453
35.96%
4,298
1.68%
201
11,952
Cedar
76.00%
3,278
22.21%
958
1.79%
77
4,313
Chase
85.07%
1,584
13.64%
254
1.29%
24
1,862
Cherry
83.78%
2,557
14.29%
436
1.93%
59
3,052
Cheyenne
74.67%
3,134
23.42%
983
1.91%
80
4,197
Clay
75.89%
2,213
22.70%
662
1.41%
41
2,916
Colfax
66.96%
2,051
31.64%
969
1.40%
43
3,063
Cuming
72.76%
2,858
25.84%
1,015
1.40%
55
3,928
Custer
78.52%
4,251
19.69%
1,066
1.79%
97
5,414
Dakota
51.00%
3,048
47.36%
2,831
1.64%
98
5,977
Dawes
67.01%
2,435
30.32%
1,102
2.67%
97
3,634
Dawson
69.93%
5,369
28.08%
2,156
1.99%
153
7,678
Deuel
75.40%
763
21.25%
215
3.36%
34
1,012
Dixon
65.45%
1,745
32.63%
870
1.91%
51
2,666
Dodge
60.55%
8,937
37.86%
5,588
1.59%
234
14,759
Douglas
51.44%
109,579
47.17%
100,475
1.39%
2,957
213,011
Dundy
80.65%
792
17.92%
176
1.43%
14
982
Fillmore
70.05%
1,972
28.21%
794
1.74%
49
2,815
Franklin
72.69%
1,110
24.95%
381
2.36%
36
1,527
Frontier
77.49%
1,005
20.89%
271
1.62%
21
1,297
Furnas
79.77%
1,767
19.05%
422
1.17%
26
2,215
Gage
57.27%
5,470
40.52%
3,870
2.22%
212
9,552
Garden
76.19%
829
22.24%
242
1.56%
17
1,088
Garfield
82.07%
769
15.90%
149
2.03%
19
937
Gosper
75.13%
734
23.54%
230
1.33%
13
977
Grant
88.71%
322
8.26%
30
3.03%
11
363
Greeley
69.43%
820
28.79%
340
1.78%
21
1,181
Hall
62.94%
12,412
35.35%
6,971
1.71%
338
19,721
Hamilton
74.25%
3,582
23.55%
1,136
2.20%
106
4,824
Harlan
78.79%
1,248
19.63%
311
1.58%
25
1,584
Hayes
88.41%
473
9.35%
50
2.24%
12
535
Hitchcock
79.02%
1,175
18.29%
272
2.69%
40
1,487
Holt
79.79%
3,789
18.15%
862
2.06%
98
4,749
Hooker
83.76%
330
14.97%
59
1.27%
5
394
Howard
66.18%
1,890
32.00%
914
1.82%
52
2,856
Jefferson
63.11%
2,156
34.69%
1,185
2.20%
75
3,416
Johnson
59.46%
1,223
38.41%
790
2.14%
44
2,057
Kearney
74.18%
2,341
24.11%
761
1.71%
54
3,156
Keith
75.29%
3,044
22.95%
928
1.76%
71
4,043
Keya Paha
81.50%
392
16.63%
80
1.87%
9
481
Kimball
73.39%
1,222
23.48%
391
3.12%
52
1,665
Knox
71.68%
2,878
26.28%
1,055
2.04%
82
4,015
Lancaster
49.63%
61,480
48.69%
60,315
1.67%
2,073
123,868
Lincoln
69.08%
10,545
28.49%
4,350
2.43%
371
15,266
Logan
82.60%
356
15.78%
68
1.62%
7
431
Loup
81.46%
290
17.42%
62
1.12%
4
356
Madison
73.08%
9,874
24.93%
3,368
2.00%
270
13,512
McPherson
81.72%
237
14.14%
41
4.14%
12
290
Merrick
71.65%
2,490
26.62%
925
1.73%
60
3,475
Morrill
77.11%
1,681
20.87%
455
2.02%
44
2,180
Nance
68.45%
1,098
29.74%
477
1.81%
29
1,604
Nemaha
63.31%
1,979
34.84%
1,089
1.86%
58
3,126
Nuckolls
72.03%
1,563
26.13%
567
1.84%
40
2,170
Otoe
61.20%
4,226
36.81%
2,542
1.98%
137
6,905
Pawnee
67.44%
897
29.77%
396
2.78%
37
1,330
Perkins
81.42%
1,135
17.07%
238
1.51%
21
1,394
Phelps
77.91%
3,372
20.22%
875
1.87%
81
4,328
Pierce
79.29%
2,707
18.66%
637
2.05%
70
3,414
Platte
75.20%
9,963
23.36%
3,095
1.44%
191
13,249
Polk
77.11%
1,886
21.55%
527
1.35%
33
2,446
Red Willow
79.19%
3,855
19.31%
940
1.50%
73
4,868
Richardson
65.41%
2,407
32.07%
1,180
2.53%
93
3,680
Rock
85.39%
672
13.09%
103
1.52%
12
787
Saline
52.11%
2,518
46.19%
2,232
1.70%
82
4,832
Sarpy
60.93%
40,318
37.34%
24,709
1.72%
1,139
66,166
Saunders
65.91%
6,725
32.14%
3,279
1.95%
199
10,203
Scotts Bluff
67.98%
9,427
30.24%
4,193
1.78%
247
13,867
Seward
66.46%
5,003
31.70%
2,386
1.85%
139
7,528
Sheridan
82.09%
2,021
15.84%
390
2.07%
51
2,462
Sherman
60.94%
919
36.41%
549
2.65%
40
1,508
Sioux
84.76%
623
13.74%
101
1.50%
11
735
Stanton
74.15%
1,945
23.14%
607
2.71%
71
2,623
Thayer
70.54%
1,853
27.56%
724
1.90%
50
2,627
Thomas
88.24%
360
10.29%
42
1.47%
6
408
Thurston
41.29%
823
57.85%
1,153
0.85%
17
1,993
Valley
75.78%
1,643
22.79%
494
1.43%
31
2,168
Washington
67.75%
6,857
30.66%
3,103
1.59%
161
10,121
Wayne
68.13%
2,493
29.35%
1,074
2.51%
92
3,659
Webster
72.54%
1,255
25.43%
440
2.02%
35
1,730
Wheeler
77.35%
345
20.85%
93
1.79%
8
446
York
77.08%
4,815
21.64%
1,352
1.28%
80
6,247
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary was not held as Barack Obama ran unopposed and had secured enough delegates for nomination.[2]
Republican primary
Nebraska Republican primary, 2012
2008 ←
May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15 )
→ 2016
The Republican primary was on May 15, 2012.[3] This primary was purely of an advisory nature. From June 1 to June 10 caucuses county conventions caucused to elect delegates to the state convention. These delegates were not bound to vote for any candidate, but at the state convention on July 14, elected 32 bound National delegates. 3 party leaders attended the National Convention unbound, making a total of 35 voting delegates going to the national convention from Nebraska.
Nebraska Republican primary, 2012
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Delegates
Mitt Romney
131,436
70.89%
30
Rick Santorum
25,830
13.93%
0
Ron Paul
18,508
9.98%
2
Newt Gingrich
9,628
5.19%
0
Unpledged delegates:
3
Total:
185,402
100.0%
35
Key:
Withdrew prior to contest
Convention
The State Convention was held in Grand Island on July 14, 2012.
Convention Results[4] [5]
Candidate
1st
2nd
3rd
State
Party
leaders
Total
Mitt Romney
3
1
3
23
2
32
Ron Paul
0
2
0
0
0
2
Unknown
0
0
0
0
1
1
Total
9
23
3
35
See also
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