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1880 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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The 1880 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1880, as part of the 1880 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1880 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee James A. Garfield Winfield S. Hancock
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Pennsylvania
Running mate Chester A. Arthur William H. English
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 54,979 28,523
Percentage 62.87% 32.62%
County Results
President before election

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

Elected President

James A. Garfield
Republican

Nebraska voted for the Republican nominee, James A. Garfield, over the Democratic nominee, Winfield Scott Hancock. Garfield won the state by a margin of 30.25%.

With 62.87% of the popular vote, Nebraska would be Garfield's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont.[1]

Results

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1880 United States presidential election in Nebraska[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican James Abram Garfield of Ohio Chester Alan Arthur of New York 54,979 62.87% 3 100.00%
Democratic Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania William Hayden English of Indiana 28,523 32.62% 0 0.00%
Greenback James Baird Weaver of Iowa Barzillai Jefferson Chambers of Texas 3,950 4.52% 0 0.00%
Total 87,452 100.00% 3 100.00%

Results by county

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County James Abram Garfield[3]
Republican 		Winfield Scott Hancock[3]
Democratic 		James Baird Weaver[4]
Greenback 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,447 70.65% 550 26.86% 51 2.49% 897 43.80% 2,048
Antelope 577 71.23% 145 17.90% 88 10.86% 432 53.33% 810
Boone 671 74.80% 226 25.20% 0 0.00% 445 49.61% 897
Buffalo 1,195 73.63% 390 24.03% 38 2.34% 805 49.60% 1,623
Burt 1,010 70.29% 380 26.44% 47 3.27% 630 43.84% 1,437
Butler 958 53.58% 716 40.04% 114 6.38% 242 13.53% 1,788
Cass 1,861 55.39% 1,303 38.78% 196 5.83% 558 16.61% 3,360
Cedar 218 40.07% 326 59.93% 0 0.00% -108 -19.85% 544
Cheyenne 232 41.88% 322 58.12% 0 0.00% -90 -16.25% 554
Clay 1,517 72.38% 520 24.81% 59 2.81% 997 47.57% 2,096
Colfax 685 63.08% 399 36.74% 2 0.18% 286 26.34% 1,086
Cuming 598 50.17% 537 45.05% 57 4.78% 61 5.12% 1,192
Custer 299 69.70% 130 30.30% 0 0.00% 169 39.39% 429
Dakota 328 45.94% 386 54.06% 0 0.00% -58 -8.12% 714
Dawson 347 65.97% 179 34.03% 0 0.00% 168 31.94% 526
Dixon 459 58.85% 315 40.38% 6 0.77% 144 18.46% 780
Dodge 1,439 57.10% 1,079 42.82% 2 0.08% 360 14.29% 2,520
Douglas 3,290 55.87% 2,407 40.87% 192 3.26% 883 14.99% 5,889
Fillmore 1,404 69.64% 452 22.42% 160 7.94% 952 47.22% 2,016
Franklin 585 65.80% 248 27.90% 56 6.30% 337 37.91% 889
Frontier 133 76.00% 42 24.00% 0 0.00% 91 52.00% 175
Furnas 606 70.38% 201 23.34% 54 6.27% 405 47.04% 861
Gage 1,726 63.60% 789 29.07% 199 7.33% 937 34.52% 2,714
Gosper 156 65.82% 70 29.54% 11 4.64% 86 36.29% 237
Greeley 182 57.78% 127 40.32% 6 1.90% 55 17.46% 315
Hall 1,150 67.21% 547 31.97% 14 0.82% 603 35.24% 1,711
Hamilton 997 60.64% 346 21.05% 301 18.31% 651 39.60% 1,644
Harlan 678 71.37% 239 25.16% 33 3.47% 439 46.21% 950
Hitchcock 135 73.37% 49 26.63% 0 0.00% 86 46.74% 184
Holt 334 46.52% 309 43.04% 75 10.45% 25 3.48% 718
Howard 637 64.21% 352 35.48% 3 0.30% 285 28.73% 992
Jefferson 1,069 64.67% 401 24.26% 183 11.07% 668 40.41% 1,653
Johnson 1,068 64.77% 579 35.11% 2 0.12% 489 29.65% 1,649
Kearney 550 68.92% 242 30.33% 6 0.75% 308 38.60% 798
Keith 32 38.55% 51 61.45% 0 0.00% -19 -22.89% 83
Knox 556 69.33% 230 28.68% 16 2.00% 326 40.65% 802
Lancaster 3,397 69.50% 1,381 28.25% 110 2.25% 2,016 41.24% 4,888
Lincoln 377 59.09% 261 40.91% 0 0.00% 116 18.18% 638
Madison 670 58.06% 426 36.92% 58 5.03% 244 21.14% 1,154
Merrick 819 72.61% 275 24.38% 34 3.01% 544 48.23% 1,128
Nance 199 70.32% 84 29.68% 0 0.00% 115 40.64% 283
Nemaha 1,473 63.00% 857 36.66% 8 0.34% 616 26.35% 2,338
Nuckolls 594 63.80% 331 35.55% 6 0.64% 263 28.25% 931
Otoe 1,918 60.07% 1,226 38.40% 49 1.53% 692 21.67% 3,193
Pawnee 1,181 74.32% 326 20.52% 82 5.16% 855 53.81% 1,589
Phelps 426 86.41% 36 7.30% 31 6.29% 390 79.11% 493
Pierce 76 38.97% 119 61.03% 0 0.00% -43 -22.05% 195
Platte 854 50.29% 832 49.00% 12 0.71% 22 1.30% 1,698
Polk 943 79.24% 236 19.83% 11 0.92% 707 59.41% 1,190
Red Willow 284 59.29% 147 30.69% 48 10.02% 137 28.60% 479
Richardson 1,764 52.05% 1,492 44.02% 133 3.92% 272 8.03% 3,389
Saline 1,841 62.53% 997 33.87% 106 3.60% 844 28.67% 2,944
Sarpy 491 47.86% 516 50.29% 19 1.85% -25 -2.44% 1,026
Saunders 1,717 57.81% 556 18.72% 697 23.47% 1,020[a] 34.34% 2,970
Seward 1,354 59.41% 699 30.67% 226 9.92% 655 28.74% 2,279
Sherman 308 77.58% 80 20.15% 9 2.27% 228 57.43% 397
Stanton 180 50.85% 160 45.20% 14 3.95% 20 5.65% 354
Thayer 834 67.04% 348 27.97% 62 4.98% 486 39.07% 1,244
Valley 392 80.82% 93 19.18% 0 0.00% 299 61.65% 485
Washington 1,190 69.19% 499 29.01% 31 1.80% 691 40.17% 1,720
Wayne 118 73.29% 43 26.71% 0 0.00% 75 46.58% 161
Webster 1,006 72.01% 389 27.85% 2 0.14% 617 44.17% 1,397
York 1,444 68.50% 530 25.14% 134 6.36% 914 43.36% 2,108
Totals 54,979 62.94% 28,523 32.65% 3,853 4.41% 26,456 30.29% 87,355

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this county where Weaver ran second ahead of Hancock, margin given is Garfield vote minus Weaver vote and percentage margin Garfield percentage minus Weaver percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1880 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1880 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska".
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Géoelections; Presidential election of 1880 Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
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