Two states give electoral votes by congressional district, not winner-take-all statewide. That brings Biden's campaign to Omaha, Trump's to Maine.
The president visited a remote town of 1,500 in June. His son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Lara Trump, have stumped in the state. A lobsterman from tiny Swan’s Island spoke at theAnd the president is showering federal largesse on the state’s pandemic- and tariff-battered fisheries.
Another tiny electoral battleground is in Omaha. Trump won Nebraska by 25 percentage points in 2016 but just barely won in Omaha’s congressional district to pick up the one vote at stake there. The battle for these two off-the-beaten-path districts illustrates how both campaigns are girding for an election outcome so close it could all come down to a single electoral vote in Omaha or rural Maine.
The Trump campaign in Maine is arguing that the president has done much to help the state’s iconic lobster industry. Instead, Collins said the vacancy should be filled by the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
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