LINCOLN- Hundreds of Lancaster County residents attended the Republican and Democratic campaign parties in downtown Lincoln on Tuesday night, expressing optimism and apprehension about what the results could mean for the future.

With 97% of votes counted, Donald Trump had won 60.2% of the vote in Nebraska and secured an Electoral College victory, according to the Associated Press. Trump expanded his vote share in the state from when he ran in 2020, outpacing Kamala Harris by nearly 22 percentage points, as opposed to his 19-point victory in the state over Joe Biden four years ago.

Harris still carried the more heavily populated areas of Lancaster County and Douglas County, as Biden did in 2020, but she did so by smaller margins.

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