Wait a minute, did Obama win NE-2?

[Ronnie]

Obama won 51-48 in Douglas county, but lost 57-41 in Sarpy.

...Uh oh?

[Eleanor Martins]

It'll probably end up being the sliver-thin margin Terry won NE-02 by.

[ottermax]

According to the Nebraska SOS these are the unofficial results out of CD-2

McCain: 113,853
Obama: 114,212

Others got a few hundred votes too.

[Ronnie]

According to the Nebraska SOS these are the unofficial results out of CD-2

McCain: 113,853
Obama: 114,212

Others got a few hundred votes too.

HOLY SH*T!

[hoshie]

According to the Nebraska SOS these are the unofficial results out of CD-2

McCain: 113,853
Obama: 114,212

Others got a few hundred votes too.

Here's the full result:

Barack Obama Democrat 114,212
John McCain Republican 113,853
Ralph Nader By Petition 1,299
Bob Barr Libertarian 837
Chuck Baldwin Nebraska 495
Cynthia McKinney Green 265

I wonder why the national media hasn't mentioned this. Only the local media has.

[Хahar 🤔]

Now that's something.

[TheresNoMoney]

Have all the votes been counted?

[Stranger in a strange land]

it seems possible - not likely, but possible - that Ralph Nader cost Obama an Electoral vote. *facepalm*

[Хahar 🤔]

it seems possible - not likely, but possible - that Ralph Nader cost Obama an Electoral vote. *facepalm*

"Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce."

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Wow, this might be the biggest holy sh**t of the whole election. North Carolina and Indiana were impressive, too, though.

[BlueSwan]

What really annoys me is that ever since the election was called for Obama, the media seems to have abandoned actually reporting the numbers of the race.

[Verily]

I asked about this in the results thread. I saw Obama won Douglas by 3 (said 4 in that thread, it was 3) while losing Sarpy by 16, but it's the least Republican areas of Sarpy in the district... It appears that, yes, NE-02 voted for Obama by about 350 votes, fewer votes than the number received by three of the four minor party candidates on the ballot in the district. Sarpy and Douglas are both 100% reporting, so those numbers must be final. Wow.

This election gets another first: first time a state splits its electoral votes by congressional district (at least in modern electoral history).

[Jacobtm]

http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2008/ElectNight/electoralcollegeresults.pdf

This shows Obama down SLIGHTLY in NE-2.

Here's a guessing game, construct a sentence out of these words relating to NE-2:

Nader Democrat Greater Total Margin Loss

[Ronnie]

http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2008/ElectNight/electoralcollegeresults.pdf

This shows Obama down SLIGHTLY in NE-2.

Here's a guessing game, construct a sentence out of these words relating to NE-2:

Nader Democrat Greater Total Margin Loss

That's a big relief.

[cinyc]

http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2008/ElectNight/electoralcollegeresults.pdf

This shows Obama down SLIGHTLY in NE-2.

Here's a guessing game, construct a sentence out of these words relating to NE-2:

Nader Democrat Greater Total Margin Loss

Last I checked, you can make a similar sentence relating to Indiana and North Carolina, substituting " Barr Republican" for "Nader Democrat."

[Ronnie]

It's pretty funny that Nader prevented the first time in history where either Nebraska or Maine split their electoral votes.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

I can see it now....

Questioner: "So, Nader how do you feel about costing Obama a Nebraska elector?"
Nader: "Obama cost himself that elector. Obama was simply not a good candidate for Nebraska. If only blah blah blah blah blah, then he could have won Nebraska."

[Jacobtm]

http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2008/ElectNight/electoralcollegeresults.pdf

This shows Obama down SLIGHTLY in NE-2.

Here's a guessing game, construct a sentence out of these words relating to NE-2:

Nader Democrat Greater Total Margin Loss

Last I checked, you can make a similar sentence relating to Indiana and North Carolina, substituting " Barr Republican" for "Nader Democrat."

Or "ACORN Mickey Mouse", for that matter.

[Alcon]

http://www.sos.ne.gov/elec/2008/ElectNight/electoralcollegeresults.pdf

This shows Obama down SLIGHTLY in NE-2.

Here's a guessing game, construct a sentence out of these words relating to NE-2:

Nader Democrat Greater Total Margin Loss

Last I checked, you can make a similar sentence relating to Indiana and North Carolina, substituting " Barr Republican" for "Nader Democrat."

Or "ACORN Mickey Mouse", for that matter.

Except they don't actually cast votes.