A brand new ballot within the race for an important electoral vote that might probably decide whether or not Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Trump wins the 2024 White Home race means that Harris holds a large lead.
Harris stands at 53% help, and Trump at 42% amongst probably voters in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, in response to a brand new CNN ballot performed Sept. 20 to 25 and launched on Friday.
Nebraska and Maine are the one two states within the nation that divide their electoral votes by congressional district. A aggressive district in every of the states might assist determine whether or not Harris or Trump succeeds President Biden within the White Home.
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump departs a marketing campaign occasion on the Central Wisconsin Airport on September 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Pictures)
Nebraska is solidly red in presidential elections. Trump carried the state by 25 factors in his 2016 White Home victory and by 19 factors in his 2020 re-election defeat.
However Nebraska’s 2nd District, an urban-suburban space anchored by town of Omaha, has a historical past of being aggressive.
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In 2008, then-Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama narrowly gained the district, capturing its single electoral vote. In 2012, GOP nominee Mitt Romney gained the district by single digits. Trump narrowly carried the district in 2016, however Biden gained it 4 years in the past.
The ballot signifies Harris grabbing the help of 96% of Democrats, 61% of independents and even 10% help amongst Republicans.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
Based on the survey, Harris additionally holds a 24-point lead amongst feminine voters, whereas Trump’s benefit amongst males is simply 5 factors.
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Six in ten of these questioned within the ballot stated that Nebraska ought to maintain its present system of rewarding electoral votes in a presidential election, with 40% saying it ought to swap to the system employed in 48 states, the place the statewide winner grabs all of the electoral votes.
Trump and nationwide Republicans made a full-court press in current weeks to induce Nebraska Republican lawmakers to vary the regulation and swap to a winner-take-all system, however their lobbying effort fell brief.
