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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 04:28 PM
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Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes
OMAHA, Neb. – President-elect Barack Obama won one of Nebraska's electoral votes, the first time in history that the state has split its votes and the first time in 44 years that it had given a vote to a Democrat.

After remaining ballots were counted Friday, Obama had a 3,325-vote lead over Republican John McCain in unofficial results for the 2nd Congressional District. Nebraska and Maine are the two states that divide their electoral votes by congressional districts.

Obama, who won the White House last week, has 365 electoral votes to McCain's 162. Missouri, with 11 electoral votes, is still too close to call. Election officials in that state have until Tuesday to finish counting.

The last Democrat to win Nebraska was Lyndon B. Johnson, who carried the state in 1964.

A 1991 state law allows Nebraska to divide its five electoral votes. Two go to the statewide winner and one is awarded from each of the state's three congressional districts.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081114/ap_on_el_pr/nebraska_electoral_vote

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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 04:32 PM
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1. lovely
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-14-08 04:34 PM
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2. I think Missouri is going to go for McCain and it will end up being
365/173

That's pretty much on par with 1992.
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