Biden’s ONE electoral vote from Nebraska district could prove key for securing his White House bid

Joe Biden‘s securing of one electoral vote in Nebraska might have been the push he needed to secure his bid for the White House. 

Biden won the one electoral vote from the Omaha-based Second Congressional District in Nebraska – a sole blue vote in an otherwise heavy Republican state. 

According to the Associated Press, Biden won 54.6 percent of the vote compared to Trump getting 43.5 percent.

The vote is proving to be especially pivotal as it may be the needed push to get Biden the win for the 2020 presidential election. 

It has even prompted a new nickname from Jane Kleeb, Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman, who dubbed Omaha ‘Jomaha!!’

As of early Thursday morning, Biden had 264 electoral votes compared to President Donald Trump’s 214. Both candidates need 270 to secure the election. 

Nebraska, like Maine, does its allocation of electoral votes by congressional district.      

Omaha has become increasingly Democrat over the last several years since 2008, when Obama won the Second District’s vote to secure his win. 

‘This has been building for a while,’ Paul Landow, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, said to the New York Times.

The city is reflective of many American bubbles, surrounded by suburbs and farms outside the city.  

‘It’s very red and takes Republican politics seriously, so I don’t think there would be a lot of joy in being the congressional district that put Biden over the top,’ Landlow added.