Nebraska, as it did before, has three congressional districts, but shifts in population required some realigning of boundaries.
The first is Omaha, very pale pink, the second is Lincoln, medium pink, and the third is the other three-quarters of the state, very deep red.
Democrats hoped that Omaha could be made at least very pale blue (0bama carried the district in 2008, much to the shame and embarrassment of the state), even at the cost of making Lincoln dark pink.
What happened was that Omaha became pale pink, moving up from very pale pink.
Lincoln became dark pink, moving up from medium pink.
The boundaries of the districts are, as required by law, compact and geographically consistent.
Too bad for the Democrats, but Nebraska's a small state, and Democrats in big states with many more seats have been doing this for decades, for two or three generations.
