Nebraska

NEBRASKA

5 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nebraska Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	1,747,214
Total Registration, Oct. 2004	1,160,199

Rep. 575,781 (49.63%) Dem. 396,767 (34.20%) Lib. 4,717 (0.41%) Neb. 4,575 (0.39%) Grn. 398 (0.03%) Nonpartisan 177,961 (15.34%)
Nebraska has: 93 counties.
Largest counties: Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy.
Five largest cities: Omaha, Lincoln, Bellevue, Grand Island, Kearney.

Government
Governor: Mike Johanns (R) re-elected in 2002.
State Legislature: Nebraska Legislature Unicameral: 49 Senators
Local: Communities, Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3R - 1. D.Bereuter (R) | 2. L.Terry (R) | 3. Tom Osborne (R)
U.S. Senate: Chuck Hagel (R) re-elected in 2002, Ben Nelson (D) elected in 2000.

The Cornhusker State

State of Nebraska
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NE Libertarian Party
NE Green Party
Constitution Party-NE
Natural Law Party-NE
Reform Party-NE

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Politics1-NE .

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	512,814	(65.91)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	254,328	(32.69)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	2,041	(0.26)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Neb.)	1,314	(0.17)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)	978	(0.13)
Calero/Hawkins (Pet.)	82	(0.01)
Nader/Camejo (Pet.)	5,698	(0.73)
write in	931	(0.12)
Total........778,106

2004 Overview
No doubt about the outcome here as Bush swept to a plurality of 258,486 votes (33.22 percentage points). The Kerry campaign did have a director in the state and did manage to carry one county, Thurston County, by 1,212 votes to 1,154 votes. (Thurston County borders Iowa and is a bit south of Sioux City).

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.).............363,467	(53.66)
Clinton (Dem.)........236,761	(34.95)
Perot (Ref.)..............71,278	(10.52)
Others (3)..................5,909	(0.87)
Total........677,415

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........344,346
(46.58)

Clinton (Dem.)........217,344
(29.40)

Perot (Ind.).............174,687
(23.63)

Others (3).................2,906
(0.39)

Total........739,283

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	433,862	(62.25)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	231,780	(33.25)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,245	(0.32)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	478	(0.07)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	24,540	(3.52)
Buchanan/Foster (Petition)	3,646	(0.52)
Phillips/Frazier (Petition)	468	(0.07)
Total........697,019

Total voting: 707,223 -- includes 625,557 at polls, 851 military and overseas, 80,452 absentee, and 363 new/former residents.

2000 Overview
Solidly Republican Nebraska went solidly for Bush with a plurality of 202,082 votes (29.00 percentage points). Bush carried all 93 counties. Democrats did retain the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Bob Kerrey (D) as former Gov. Ben Nelson (D) defeated Don Stenberg (R) by 51.0% to 48.8%.

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Democratic

Presidential Preference Results

	Votes	Percent
Howard Dean	5,400	7.54%
John Edwards	10,031	14.02%
+John Kerry	52,479	73.32%
Dennis Kucinich	1,490	2.08%
Al Sharpton	1,367	1.91%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	805	1.12%
Total	71,572

31 Delegates (24 Pledged, 7 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates

Republican
George W. Bush 121,355