2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Nebraska was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Nebraska voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Nebraska has five electoral votes in the Electoral College, two from the state at large, and one each from the three congressional districts. Prior to the election, Nebraska was considered to be a state Trump would win or a safe red state. The state is located in the heavily conservative Great Plains and was projected to vote for Trump by a wide margin. However, Nebraska is one of the two states (the other being Maine) where electoral votes are split based on congressional districts; the statewide winner receives two electoral votes and the remaining three electoral votes are awarded to the winner of each congressional district. Trump carried the state with 58 % of the vote, while Clinton received 33 %, a margin of 25%. Trump also won all three congressional districts, thus winning all 5 of the state's electoral votes. Although Trump improved on Romney's margin statewide, his margin in Nebraska's 2nd notably decreased; Trump won NE-02 with a plurality of 47% (137,264 votes) to Clinton's 45% (130,844 votes) with a notable increase in third-party voting. This was the most recent presidential election when Nebraska's 2nd congressional district would vote Republican, and thus, Nebraska's 2nd district was the only electoral vote that voted for Trump in 2016 that did not vote for him in 2024.