Western NE Gov Trended D? Why?

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Some of these counties have a nonzero population of several groups that swung Democratic as a whole in 2018. Counties like Scotts Bluff have a fairly large Hispanic population.

The two counties that in Western Nebraska that had the largest swing in the 2018 Gubernatorial election, Dawes and Sheridan, have a "sizable" college population and Native population, respectively.