The 2020 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election. Nebraska voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Nebraska was won by incumbent President William C. Holland (D-Texas), with 56.15% of the popular vote, against Senator John Dickenson (R-Mississippi), with 43.85% of the popular vote, a Democratic victory margin of 12.30%. Nebraska thus weighed in as 21.30% more Republican than the national average.
This was only the second time since 1964 that the state voted Democratic. Holland carried 51 of Nebraska's 93 counties, becoming the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 to win a majority of the state's counties. He obtained over 60% of the vote in 17 counties, including in Douglas County, home to Omaha, Nebraska's largest city; Lancaster County, home to Lincoln, Nebraska's capital, and the University of Nebraska; and Thurston County, home to a Native American reservation. He received 71% of the vote in Saline County (Wilber), a longtime Democratic stronghold. Holland also won clear majorities in Sarpy County, home to Papillion and the state's third most populous county; Buffalo County (Kearney); Hall County (Grand Island); Dodge County (Fremont); and Lincoln County (North Platte). Moreover, he carried Knox County with a plurality of 49%.
However, Nebraska was one of fourteen states where Holland did not win every congressional district, and one of three Great Plains states where this was the case, the others being Oklahoma and Kansas. Senator Dickenson carried the state's 3rd district which encompassed the western half of the state, while Holland carried the 1st and 2nd in the eastern half. Thanks to Nebraska's system of proportional allocation, Dickenson thus earned one electoral vote from NE-03, his only electoral vote in the country outside of Mississippi; Holland received the electoral votes from the other two districts, as well as the two at-large electoral votes.
Results[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William C. Holland (incumbent) | 474,033 | 56.15% | |
| Republican | John Dickenson | 370,193 | 43.85% | |
| Total votes | 844,227 | 100% | ||