Obama wins 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes

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Oct 17, 2008
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Barack Obama splits electoral votes, for the first time in history!

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
 
OMG, Nebraskans voted for LBJ in 1964? Bush is a lot like LBJ and Obama is even worse than that. The must be smoking the whacky-weed.
 

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