2020 Nebraska precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
01/12/2022

## Sources
Election results from the Nebraska Secretary of State's office via email.
Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program, with the following exceptions.

Cass, Douglas, Harlan, and Lancaster replaced with maps from the counties.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Agriculture Commissioner
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COC - Corporation Commissioner
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
INS - Insurance Commissioner
LAB - Labor Commissioner
LAN - Commissioner of Public Lands
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals)
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SSC - State Supreme Court
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party)
G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party)

G20USSRSAS - Ben Sasse (Republican Party)
G20USSDJAN - Chris Janicek (Democratic Party)
G20USSLSLA - Gene Siadek (Libertarian Party)

## Processing Steps
Mergers and/or boundary shifts made based on county-sourced maps or geocoded voter files in Adams, Butler, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dodge, Fillmore, Furnas, Hall, Keith, Keya Paha, Lincoln, Madison, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Phelps, Platte, Richardson, Saline, Scotts Bluff, and Seward.

Some counties reported one or more classes of votes at the county level. These were distributed by candidate based on the precinct-level reported vote.