Obama Likely to Win Omaha Electoral Vote

[ccharles000]

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-likely-to-win-omaha-electoral.html

So comes word comes from the Omaha World-Herald:


Good news for Barack Obama supporters.

His odds of bagging an electoral vote in Nebraska grew stronger this morning, with word that 10,000 to 12,000 early ballots and 5,200 provisional ballots are left to count in Douglas County.

Obama won about 61 percent of the early votes counted before Tuesday's election. If that percentage holds with the early ballots left to count, Obama stands a strong chance of winning the Omaha-area 2nd Congressional District.

Republicans did not concede defeat this morning, but they acknowledged the long odds.

John McCain held a 569-vote lead over Obama in the 2nd District at the end of Tuesday.

"I will remain cautiously hopeful but not cautiously optimistic," said Hal Daub, state director for McCain. "I'm disappointed (in the numbers). We really worked hard here, against substantial resources being poured into Nebraska."
This would represent the first time that Nebraska has split its electoral votes. Maine, the other state to award some of its electoral votes at the Congressional District level, has never done so.

[billyoc]

1. Good. There are a lot of good people in Omaha, they deserve it.

[ccharles000]

2. I agree

[Pab Sungenis]

3. It will also be nice because

(1) It will be another historic event to chalk up to this election (first modern split-state vote)
(2) It will give Obama 365 electoral votes. Nice round number. :)

[billyoc]

5. Oh, yeah, has any state ever split before?

:shrug:

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Maine and Nebraska split their Electoral vote.

Only two states that do that.

[billyoc]

8. They CAN split them, but have they ever done it?

[LiberalAndProud]

9. No, it's never been done,

but if the votes are there it will happen for the very first time. And then the Legislature will probably change our EV system to winner takes all. This may well be a singular event in our state's history.

[123abawd]

4. Oma-bama!

Great news! But does this mean the Electoral College World Series will be held in Omaha?

also... Hal Daub is a world-class pinhead and twit. Always has been. I once read his columns as a college newspaper editor. He was a twit then. A twit as a mayor, as a congressman, and now as McCain's toady in Nebraska. No wonder they lost.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. I thought he should win this one electoral vote... sounds great

Nebraska or at least part of it is ours!!!!!