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Since its admission to statehood in 1867, Nebraska has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Since 1992 Nebraska awards two electoral votes based on the statewide vote, and one vote for each of the three congressional districts. [1] [2] The only other state to allow for split electoral college votes is Maine. [3]
It was also the first presidential election since 2012 where the district did not back the Electoral College winner, and the first time a Republican won the presidency without carrying the district or sweeping Nebraska’s electoral votes since 1908. Notably, the 2nd district was the only electoral vote Trump won in 2016 but lost in 2024. [53]
AP Race Call: Republican Troy Downing wins election to U.S. House in Montana's 2nd Congressional District; Republican Troy Downing wins election to U.S. House in Montana's 2nd Congressional District; AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins the 1st Congressional District in Nebraska and one electoral vote
Vice President Kamala Harris clinched Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, earning an electoral vote from the red state.
The first time it split its electoral votes came in 2008 when Barack Obama carried Nebraska's 2nd congressional district, anchored by Omaha, and thus received one electoral vote from the state despite losing statewide. The 2nd district returned to the Republican column in the following two elections, but in 2020 it was considered a key ...
U.S. Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) told HuffPost they believed the push for a winner-take-all result remained three or four votes shy in the Nebraska legislature as of Friday ...
In that scenario and with the current rules in Nebraska, Biden would win the presidency with 270 Electoral College votes to Trump’s 268. But if Nebraska awarded all its votes to the statewide ...
Nebraska has three congressional districts due to its population, each of which elects a member to the United States House of Representatives. Unlike every other U.S. state except for Maine, Nebraska apportions its Electoral College votes according to congressional district, making each district its own separate battleground in presidential ...