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1996 Primary and General Elections


Overview of 1996 Primary and General Elections.

PRIMARY ELECTION

GENERAL ELECTION
  • Election Statistics.  Party affiliation/registration, total number voting, by county.
  • Initiative No. 409.  Term limits. (Passed) ♣
  • Initiative No. 411.  Make "quality education" a fundamental right. (Failed)
  • Initiative No. 412.  Create property tax levy limits for political subdivisions. (Failed)
  • Amendment No. 3.  Provide for the merger of local governments. (Passed)



Initiative No. 409
Amend the Constitution of Nebraska by adding a new provision which would instruct Nebraska's members of Congress and state legislators to support passage and ratification of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution limiting U.S. Representatives to three terms and Senators to two terms; inform voters of candidates' position on these term limits; and instruct the Nebraska legislature to apply to Congress to convene an Article V Convention to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to limit Congressional terms.
County For % Against % Total
Adams 6,011 57.84% 4,381 42.16% 10,392
Antelope 1,570 56.05% 1,231 43.95% 2,801
Arthur 120 55.81% 95 44.19% 215
Banner 189 51.92% 175 48.08% 364
Blaine 187 56.84% 142 43.16% 329
Boone 1,321 56.45% 1,019 43.55% 2,340
Box Butte 2,612 57.95% 1,895 42.05% 4,507
Boyd 583 56.38% 451 43.62% 1,034
Brown 842 55.54% 674 44.46% 1,516
Buffalo 7,655 57.11% 5,748 42.89% 13,403
Burt 1,782 60.26% 1,175 39.74% 2,957
Butler 1,546 51.91% 1,432 48.09% 2,978
Coss 5,444 64.69% 2,971 35.31% 8,415
Cedar 1,909 58.58% 1,350 41.42% 3,259
Chase 911 54.78% 752 45.22% 1,663
Cherry 1,502 62.92% 885 37.08% 2,387
Cheyenne 1,873 52.44% 1,699 47.56% 3,572
Clay 1,545 53.68% 1,333 46.32% 2,878
Colfax 1,635 56.05% 1,282 43.95% 2,917
Cuming 1,834 56.15% 1,432 43.85% 3,266
Custer 2,455 56.89% 1,860 43.11% 4,315
Dakota 3,541 66.91% 1,751 33.09% 5,292
Dawes 1,711 57.75% 1,252 42.25% 2,963
Dawson 3,917 57.82% 2,858 42.18% 6,775
Deuel 453 50.56% 443 49.44% 896
Dixon 1,471 59.41% 1,005 40.59% 2,476
Dodge 8,339 65.79% 4,336 34.21% 12,675
Douglas 98,898 60.74% 63,918 39.26% 162,816
Dundy 486 54.85% 400 45.15% 886
Fillmore 1,285 51.94% 1,189 48.06% 2,474
Franklin 827 58.57% 585 41.43% 1,412
Frontier 659 54.73% 545 45.27% 1,204
Furnas 1,254 56.11% 981 43.89% 2,235
Gage 4,714 59.47% 3,213 40.53% 7,927
Carden 633 55.72% 503 44.28% 1,136
Garfield 401 50.00% 401 50.00% 802
Gasper 463 56.53% 356 43.47% 819
Grant 207 60.53% 135 39.47% 342
Greeley 574 55.57% 459 44.43% 1,033
Hall 10,045 61.64% 6,251 38.36% 16,296
Hamilton 2,136 59.12% 1,477 40.88% 3,613
Harlan 910 57.81% 664 42.19% 1,574
Hayes 246 48.81% 258 51.19% 504
Hitchcock 718 51.69% 671 48.31% 1,389
Holt 2,740 59.71% 1,849 40.29% 4,589
Hooker 207 50.86% 200 49.14% 407
Howard 1,295 58.49% 919 41.51% 2,214
Jefferson 1,904 55.75% 1,511 44.25% 3,415
Johnson 993 56.10% 777 43.90% 1,770
Kearney 1,500 56.26% 1,166 43.74% 2,666
Keith 1,924 52.76% 1,723 47.24% 3,647
Keys Paha 239 57.18% 179 42.82% 418
Kimball 843 51.31% 800 48.69% 1,643
Knox 1,886 57.13% 1,415 42.87% 3,301
Lancaster 44,839 52.30% 40,888 47.70% 85,727
Lincoln 7,269 56.13% 5,682 43.87% 12,951
Logan 182 48.28% 195 51.72% 377
Loup 162 57.24% 121 42.76% 283
Madison 6,649 60.75% 4,296 39.25% 10,945
McPherson 145 51.60% 136 48.40% 281
Merrick 1,721 59.59% 1,167 40.41% 2,888
Morrill 1,054 56.51% 811 43.49% 1,865
Nance 738 59.52% 502 40.48% 1,240
Nemaha 1,886 59.16% 1,302 40.84% 3,188
Nuckolls 1,106 57.19% 828 42.81% 1,934
Otoe 3,335 59.73% 2,248 40.27% 5,583
Pawnee 738 54.95% 605 45.05% 1,343
Perkins 720 52.52% 651 47.48% 1,371
Phelps 2,235 56.87% 1,695 43.13% 3,930
Pierce 1,483 59.61% 1,005 40.39% 2,488
Platte 6,208 60.11% 4,119 39.89% 10,327
Polk 1,194 53.30% 1,046 46.70% 2,240
Red Willow 2,438 53.56% 2,114 46.44% 4,552
Richardson 2,043 56.25% 1,589 43.75% 3,632
Rock 393 52.61% 354 47.39% 747
Saline 2,224 53.85% 1,906 46.15% 4,130
Sarpy 23,681 63.74% 13,469 36.26% 37,150
Sounders 4,349 59.46% 2,965 40.54% 7,314
Scotts Bluff 6,895 57.20% 5,160 42.80% 12,055
Seward 3,158 53.77% 2,715 46.23% 5,873
Sheridan 1,381 57.30% 1,029 42.70% 2,410
Sherman 818 59.28% 562 40.72% 1,380
Sioux 405 56.96% 306 43.04% 711
Stanton 1,231 60.43% 806 39.57% 2,037
Thayer 1,300 56.79% 989 43.21% 2,289
Thomas 205 57.91% 149 42.09% 354
Thurston 1,034 58.09% 746 41.91% 1,780
Valley 1,090 56.36% 844 43.64% 1,934
Washington 4,286 64.46% 2,363 35.54% 6,649
Wayne 1,776 54.70% 1,471 45.30% 3,247
Webster 873 54.60% 726 45.40% 1,599
Wheeler 192 56.30% 149 43.70% 341
York 2,690 49.14% 2,784 50.86% 5,474
TOTAL 345,071 58.32% 246,665 41.68% 591,736