Obama Wins Omaha, NE Electoral Vote; Final Tally Looks to be 365-173

[ccharles000]

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/obama-wins-omaha-ne-electoral-vote.html

The Omaha World-Herald and several other news organizations have called Nebraska's Second Congressional District, which incorporates Omaha and some of its suburbs and exurbs, for President-Elect Barack Obama.

The only outstanding electoral votes are now in Missouri, which some organizations have yet to call for John McCain. It appears to us, however, that there are an insufficient number of provisional ballots to provide Barack Obama with a realistic opportunity to win there, and so we are calling that state for John McCain for the time being.

This brings Obama's haul from Tuesday evening to 365 electoral votes, a similar total to the 370 that Bill Clinton won en route to his first term in 1992. Obama's victory, however, might have more symbolic power than Clinton's because of the success that he has had in flipping formerly ruby-red territories like Indiana, North Carolina and Omaha, Nebraska over to the blue team. Not coincidentally, these are some of the states in which Obama was furthest ahead of McCain in terms of organization and ground game, along with the Mountain West where he won states like Nevada and New Mexico by surprisingly large margins.

-- Nate Silver at 5:25 PM

[firedupdem]

1. Excellent! Landslide!! n/t

[d_b]

2. suweeet!!

:headbang:

[Smuckies]

3. Awesome! nt

[ddeclue]

4. OK I didn't do too bad then - I really only missed IN and the one NE vote.

I had said 353-185.

I was wrong about Indiana (sorry but who would have though??) and I didn't know that NE splits their vote up like that so I figured the whole state would go to McPalin. This put me off by 12 votes.

Doug D.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

5. One for every day of the year.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Glad to hear this.

Too bad about Missouri! Would have been a nice prize.

[Stephist]

7. I LIVE IN BLUE COUNTRY!

let me just scream that from the mountain tops.

[silverojo]

8. It's incredible!

I'm in the middle of red state hell, yet blue country is only a day trip away! O-bama-ha!!

[Agent William]

9. What great news...

Finally we have a purple state in the union.

[fujiyama]

10. Obamaha!

Yeaaaaa!

Wow, I still can't quite absorb the map or the margins. It's just spectacular. The EV margin is amazing. Over 350 electoral votes? You told me that's what we would take this by a year ago, or even a few months ago, and I would have laughed.

I'm still waiting on the popular vote margin to be finalized. Right now according to CNN it's around 53% which may still go UP with over 65 million votes! Wow. I'm still not believing this. I'm a little young to really understand Clinton's win in '92....Too used to losing. I mean, '06 was nice, but this...is something else.

[yellowcanine]

15. good one.

[TheDonkey]

11. WOOHOO!!!

[ReverendDeuce]

12. Bump, because it's just that good! n/t

n/t

[Hokie]

13. Isn't there still a slim chance for Obama in MO?

I thought that were enough provisional ballots cast that the results could change. It sounds like a long shot.

[yellowcanine]

14. Ok we luv ya, Omaha. I will personally buy the biggest steak in town next time I am there.

I believe I saw a 64 ouncer on a menu the last time I was there.