OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - In under two months, Nebraskans will hit the polls to vote in the 2024 general election.

“It is the most important thing,” said supporter Rachel Benozi. “I always tell my students, I do not care who you vote for I need you to go out and vote.”

Blue Dot creators Ruth Huebner and Jason Brown hosted a block party outside their home in Dundee. Organizers handed out signs, T-shirts and hosted congressional candidate Democrat Tony Vargas and Nebraska State Senator John Cavanaugh.

Nebraska has five electoral votes. Two statewide, and then one vote for each of the state’s three congressional districts. Nebraska’s 2nd District has been labeled the “blue dot.”

In 2020, one of Nebraska’s electoral votes went to Joe Biden, later known as the “blue dot” as it represented a single Democratic Electoral College vote in a sea of Republican red. It was only the second time in the history of presidential elections in Nebraska that the state split its electoral votes: It had also happened in 2008, with one vote going to Barack Obama.

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