Who won Nebraska in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Nebraska in 1912, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nebraska have in 1912?

Nebraska cast 8 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Nebraska vote for the national winner in 1912?

Yes. Nebraska backed Woodrow Wilson, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraNE · 8 EV

1912

Nebraska: Wilson carries 8 EV.

Nebraska cast its 8 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Nebraska voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1912 result in Nebraska

Nebraska backed Wilson (Democratic) in the 1912 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Nebraska ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Nebraska backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1908. Nebraska did not move alone — neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming broke the same way in 1912. Across the 40 presidential elections Nebraska has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (31 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Woodrow Wilson took 435 of the 531 electoral votes, against Theodore Roosevelt's 88. Woodrow Wilson led the national popular vote with 41.84% of the ballots cast.

The 1912 national map

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