Nebraska Democratic State Senator John Cavanaugh campaigns in Omaha, Nebraska on September 30, 2024. Nestled deep in America's heartland, Nebraska is best known for corn, cattle and college football -- not usually for its elections. That could be about to dramatically change. A strange quirk of the devoutly Republican state's constitution essentially gives Omaha -- the largest city -- its own distinct and powerful vote for the next US president, in a race that remains too close to call just one month out. In the far-from-impossible scenario that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are otherwise tied in the Electoral College that determines the White House's next occupant, this tiny Democratic-leaning "blue dot" of 650,000 people could have the final say. (Photo by Alex WROBLEWSKI / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)