Obama wins last electoral vote (voters, Congress, campaign, democratic)
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For the first time ever, a blue circle will appear in Nebraska on national electoral maps.
Democrat Barack Obama won the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District on Friday, scooping up one of the state's five electoral votes.
In the process, he made history and shone the spotlight on Nebraska's unusual electoral college system.
"We always knew we could do it, but it would be an uphill climb. It's great to see a little corner of Nebraska turn blue," said John Berge, state director for the Obama campaign.
Berge said the victory was a tribute to all the work done by staffers and the hundreds of Obama volunteers who manned telephones and walked neighborhoods in the Omaha metropolitan area.
Nebraska is the first state in the modern era to have a split electoral decision.
I kid, I kid. It's pretty cool that Obama was the first candidate in modern history to cause a state to have a split electoral decision in a Presidential election. He's just becoming a whole bunch of Firsts, huh?
I kid, I kid. It's pretty cool that Obama was the first candidate in modern history to cause a state to have a split electoral decision in a Presidential election. He's just becoming a whole bunch of Firsts, huh?
Warren Buffet probably helped get Omaha (Berkshire Hathaway HQs).
Thats awesome! It's also sad that the rest of Nebraska was red, though, considering how bad the choice was of McCain/Palin, but that strip of red, from Texas going north to Canada, is slowly being chipped away. In the big cities its going blue.
I kid, I kid. It's pretty cool that Obama was the first candidate in modern history to cause a state to have a split electoral decision in a Presidential election. He's just becoming a whole bunch of Firsts, huh?
Don't ascribe *too* much to this. Nebraska apportions its electoral votes by who won in the congressional district. It is one of two states to do so, Maine being the other. And Omaha itself has always leaned Democratic.
Nice to have the Final count. I see three States that could go blue next trip depending on the next four years, if they do, lookout....BTW one of 'ems Texas.
Nice to have the Final count. I see three States that could go blue next trip depending on the next four years, if they do, lookout....BTW one of 'ems Texas.
For an Obama re-election, I would doubt Texas would be in play, despite an increase in Latino voters. Without McCain in the race, the Latino vote in Arizona might tip that state blue and the steady migration of Californians to Montana may also assist that state in a gradual transition into the blue column.
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