Obama may pick up another electoral vote

President-elect Barack Obama may add one more electoral vote to his tally, raising the total to 365, once the counting concludes in Nebraska, the New York Times reports. Though Sen. John McCain won the state with 57% of the vote, Obama is currently leading in the area around Omaha. Nebraska, like New Hampshire, allocates its electoral votes proportionally.

If Nebraska casts a vote for Obama, it will be the first time the state has cast a vote for a Democrat since it was captured by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. According to the New York Times, the last time a state's electoral votes went to more than one candidate was 1892, when Michigan divided its votes between Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland.  

Read the full New York Times story here.

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