Could Obama win Nebraska's 2nd congressional and thus 1 of Nebraska's electoral votes?

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"Douglas County, (Obama) won by more than 3-to-1" in the 2008 caucus.

Peter D. Hoagland was a Democrat who was the congressman for the 2nd congressional from 1989 to 1995.

Douglas county, has the highest African American population in the state at about 12% and is highly educated, over 30% have a bachelors degree or higher. The only other county in the district is Sarpy, which is also highly educated.

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1. Survey USA notes this possibility here:

"Obama carries 24 states plus the District of Columbia … and then there is Nebraska, which divides its electoral votes based on which candidate wins each of the state’s congressional districts. McCain wins Nebraska 45% to 42%, but loses in two of the state’s three congressional districts, which results in Barack Obama taking two of Nebraska’s five electoral votes."

http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2008/03/06/electoral-math-as-of-030608-obama-280-mccain-258/

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2. Is Lincoln in Douglas too?

I think there is the potential of Obama doing it. I know one thing for sure Hillary wouldn't have a chance in hell of doing it.

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3. No, it's not...

Lincoln is in the 1st District.

I'm actually surprised by the OP. Lincoln is traditionally MUCH more liberal than Omaha.

True, Omaha has a larger African-American population, but Lincoln is dominated by the University of Nebraska.

In 2004, we were trying to turn the 1st District blue. The 2nd District wasn't even close.