Amid an increasingly tight election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in several key swing states, Nebraska, and more specifically, its 2nd Congressional District, has taken on an outsize role in this year’s presidential election.
Because Nebraska currently awards three of its five Electoral College votes based on the results in each of its three congressional districts, the so-called “blue dot,” as the 2nd district has come to be known, could be critical to either campaign’s path to 270 electoral votes.
The district is home to Omaha, Nebraska’s largest city, and President Joe Biden became only the second Democratic presidential candidate in state history to pick up the district’s sole elector in 2020.
And while Biden won the Electoral College handily last election, Democrats are bracing for a number of scenarios this year that could see a much slimmer electoral margin for Harris — turning Omaha and the 2nd district into a must-win.
A ‘blue dot’ in a sea of red
