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Obama Wins 1 of Nebraska's Electoral Votes
November 14, 2008 4:27 PM
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Arnab Datta Report: It's finally official -- the Associated Press and ABC News awarded Barack Obama the outstanding electoral college vote in Nebraska's second congressional district on Friday.
Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that divide their electoral college votes.
Under a 1991 Nebraska law, three of the state's five votes go to the popular winner in three congressional districts, and the other two votes are designated for the state-wide winner. The 2008 Obama-McCain contest is the first time since Nebraska began splitting its electoral votes that the statewide winner did not win all five of the state's electoral votes.
The ABC News electoral college vote count now stands at: Obama: 365, McCain: 162.
There are still 11 outstanding electoral college votes in Missouri.
Election officials in the Show Me State have until Tuesday to finish the counting and certification process.
November 14, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (19)
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What's up with Missouri. Why hasn't that been called yet.
Posted by: annie | Nov 14, 2008 4:38:39 PM
My hard work paid off then....
Posted by: Brian | Nov 14, 2008 4:45:26 PM
That's great!
Posted by: hang | Nov 14, 2008 4:57:25 PM
WOW!!!
Posted by: obamacratic | Nov 14, 2008 5:05:36 PM
Missouri is still fiddling around with absentee and provisional ballots. McCain's margin is about 5000 votes and it is VERY unlikely this will change much. McCain carried MO but they're crossing t's and dotting i's right up to their Nov 18th certification deadline since it's so close.
Posted by: jhw539 | Nov 14, 2008 5:12:32 PM
Democracy in action.
Posted by: Ms. G | Nov 14, 2008 5:13:59 PM
For the first time I feel like it paid for me personally to vote. Usually in Nebraska you go to vote for the local mayor or school board and forget about your vote going to the President . I also might add I am stunned that the Omaha area actually has that many people willing to vote this way. If you want to, check out the way we in Nebraska just voted against affirmative action not one of our finist hours.
Posted by: Bonnie Kimberly | Nov 14, 2008 5:31:30 PM
turning a red state blue. Great job Omaha. We're not all hicks.......just the rural voters!
Posted by: Travis | Nov 14, 2008 5:59:41 PM
I still can't figure out why the rural voters voted for McCain. He is absolutely against agriculture. McCain has voted against every farm bill since he became senator. It's like shooting yourself in the foot to vote for McCain if you are a farmer. There is nothing dumber than voting yourself out of a job.
Posted by: con me not | Nov 14, 2008 9:43:28 PM
Well, at least Nebraska voted against racial preferences, so give them some credit.
Posted by: Chris | Nov 14, 2008 10:26:19 PM
Three cheers for Nebraska!
Posted by: Lydia | Nov 14, 2008 11:41:50 PM
For the first time in my life I can say i'm proud to be from Nebraska!
Posted by: Kristy | Nov 15, 2008 3:24:37 PM
good news, Nebraska!
i wish we could split the Electoral College votes in Texas as well!
Posted by: Paul Wall | Nov 15, 2008 4:39:12 PM
Nebraska became one of the many accomplices that tried to bring this country down. Hope you Obamabots can try to get some sleep at night. If you find yourself not able to, be consoled that you are a better person than those who are able to sleep, after they pushed this country toward the unprecedented dangerous future than ever.
Posted by: TK | Nov 16, 2008 5:46:08 PM
Seriously Paul- "unprecedented dangerous future"? How about an unprecedented national debt? unprecedented layoffs? unprecedented stock market decline? unprecedented global turmoil? unprecedented government bailout? ---this is why I don't sleep at night. The only thing that consoles me is that we have finally elected a leader who is smart enough, ethical enough, and honest enough for the job.
Posted by: Angela | Nov 17, 2008 3:15:59 PM
I will have comfort in knowing that my own state voted for life.
Posted by: SUSAN | Nov 17, 2008 7:22:31 PM
Angela: And what makes you think we are going to be in better shape. If you don't have stock don't be concerned, and who cares about global warning. We can't control it. People are losing their jobs not because of Bush,because the CEO's of companies, banks, mortgage houses, etc. are responsibe for the failures. Citigroup is laying off 56,000 thousand people, Washington Mutual was taken over by Chase. We should not have given Lehman the bailout and I am hoping the republicans stick to their word on the auto industry, saying Drop Dead. There are more people living in this country then there are businesses. And there will always be people out of work. Also there are senator's in the senate that should have retired a long time ago. Byrd retired at 90 years old. A younger man could have had that job years ago. Kennedy is too sick and should retire. McCain at his age should now retire.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | Nov 18, 2008 6:19:04 PM
TK: I agree with you. This country elected a president that will become a ruler later and it showed in his speeches when he was talking about what he was going to do.Higher taxes are also on the way we will be paying the same increased tax as a person making over $250,000. Obama chose many people from the Clinton administration because he needs to be trained to run this country. Choosing people is one thing, but running the country is another. By choosing Hillary who is experienced in foreign policy she would be a big help to him. However, it may not be a sure thing, it could be a ploy to make her believe she is getting the job but turned turned down because of Bill. We have to wait and see what happens in the vetting process.I believe darker days are coming for this administration due to Obama's costly mistakes.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | Nov 18, 2008 6:34:08 PM
Our Democratic machine led by Carnahan and McCaskill are doing their damndest to steal it for Obama. McCain/Palin have always been ahead. No, it doesn't change anything, but there are PRINCIPLES involved.
Bastards
Posted by: Steve Taylor | Nov 18, 2008 9:32:54 PM
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