Falling in the Great Plains and Midwestern Portion of the US, Nebraska is just over 77,000 sq. miles in land area, and over 1.9 million inhabitants, making it the 16th largest, and 37th by population in the US. Its largest city of Omaha lies on the Missouri River, and the capital city is Lincoln.

Characteristic of Midwestern states, approximately 89% of the cities in the state have fewer than 3000 residents living in them. Omaha and Lincoln, among other urbanized cities in the state, are more highly-populated however. The state has a large agricultural sector, and is a major producer of beef, corn, soybeans, and pork. Freight and transport, IT, telecommunications and insurance, are other leading sectors which contribute to the state’s economy.

Nebraska State Government Structure

The state government of Nebraska is broken into three branches: executive, judicial and legislative branch.

• The executive branch are all elected officials, and they all serve for four years.  The offices in the executive branch are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Auditor.
• The legislative branch in Nebraska is a unicameral legislature that is non-partisan.  The members, called Senators, are elected with no party affiliation.  The legislature may override a governor veto with three-fifths of a vote, instead of a two-thirds required by other states.  The state, when originally founded, had a bicameral legislature like most other states, but Nebraska voted to make the switch to a unicameral legislature in 1934.
• Nebraska has a unified judicial system, with the Nebraska Supreme Court having authority over all the courts within the state.  There are county courts, twelve district courts, and the Nebraska State Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from juvenile courts, workers compensation courts, and the district courts.

The state’s political power falls with the Republican party, as US senators and House Representatives, are all members of the political party. Nebraska has five electoral votes in US Presidential Elections; it is one of two states which allow for party-splits in electoral votes, depending upon election turnout and results in different counties throughout the state. Two votes are awarded to the popular vote, and remaining three to the highest vote getter in the state. The state has only voted in 7 Democratic nominees and the remaining 31 elected Presidents voted into officer were members of the Republican party.

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