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michaelflutist's avatar

I didn't realize NE had a lower population, but it does.

Per DuckAssist, whatever that is (top of DuckDuckGo search results):

"As of July 1, 2023, Nebraska's population is estimated to be 1,978,379."

"The population of Kansas was 2,937,880 according to the 2020 census."

I guess that makes sense, since KS has Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas, plus a bunch of KC suburbs, whereas NE has only Omaha and Lincoln.

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Jim Kane | Nonsensoleum's avatar

Nebraska is about 3 points redder then Kansas – but yeah, it's 2/3rds the size, and I wonder if having the population more condensed into Omaha and Lincoln helps at all.

I don't think Osborn is very likely to win, but I can see why he might be able to make them sweat in a way that Orman couldn't a decade ago.

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Jonathan's avatar

It would certainly make the GOTV focus easier, plus Tony Vargas running a strong race of his own

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