President-elect Barack Obama may add one more electoral vote to his tally, raising the total to 365, once the counting concludes in Nebraska, the New York Times reports. Though Sen. John McCain won the state with 57% of the vote, Obama is currently leading in the area around Omaha. Nebraska, like New Hampshire, allocates its electoral votes proportionally.
If Nebraska casts a vote for Obama, it will be the first time the state has cast a vote for a Democrat since it was captured by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. According to the New York Times, the last time a state’s electoral votes went to more than one candidate was 1892, when Michigan divided its votes between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland.
Read the full New York Times story here.
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The states that allocate Electoral College votes [as opposed to 'winner take all'] are Maine and Nebraska. Not New Hampshire.
Nebraska does not allocate its vote proportionally. The candidate has to win the congressional district to receive its vote. President elect Obama won the 2nd Congressional District, which is Douglas County [Omaha] and parts of Sarpy County. Nebraska has 3 Congressional Districts, so 2 out of our 5 electoral votes could potentially be awarded to the candidate that did not win the state.
I must confess that as an Omaha resident, I am so proud of that beautiful blue dot covering my city on the electoral map.