President Obama, in Iowa to campaign against Romney/Ryan, gave a shout-out from Baylis Park in Council Bluffs to 800-lb.-gorilla neighbor, Omaha, Nebraska, which gave him one of Nebraska's five electoral votes in 2008, subsequently earning the nickname, "Blue Dot City."
Despite the Cornhusker state's well-deserved reputation as one of the country's most reliably Republican states, President Obama was able to peel off one of its five electoral votes in 2008 because Nebraska and Maine are the only two NON-winner-takes-all states. (In each, the two electoral votes corresponding to senators are tied to the statewide vote, but other electoral votes correspond to whatever candidate carries a particular congressional district.) From Real Clear Politics:
Repeating that achievement this year could be difficult, however. The Legislature reduced the number of Democrats in the 2nd District as part of the redrawing of district boundaries following each census. And some Nebraska Democrats said the Obama campaign hasn't worked as hard to mobilize voters this year."They're not doing anything in the second congressional district," U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey said at a news conference last week. "It's a very secretive operation if they have one. I haven't seen it."
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