Nebraska

3 seats: 3R

Where It Ranks Among the States (House Elections 2000)

  • Voter Turnout: 15th (55%)
  • Victory Margin: 38th (46%)

Facts in Focus

  • The average margin of victory in Nebraska House races in 2000 was 46%. Only twelve states had larger average margins of victory in 2000.
  • Republicans won 72% of the House vote statewide, up from 60% in 1992, 64% in 1994 and 68% in 1996. They have won all seats since 1992.
  • Approximately four in ten adults in Nebraska voted for their representative in the U.S. House.
  • All of Nebraska's U.S. House races were won by landslide, only the second time this has happened since 1984 (the first being in 1998). Two of the state's three incumbents have won every election in 1992-2000 by landslide.


How Nebraska ranked in 2000
 


 
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