In Maine and Nebraska, the rules are slightly different. They have aproportional representation systemin which the winner of each congressional district is awarded one electoral vote, and the winner of the statewide vote is awarded each state's remaining two electoral votes.Some Republicanswere hopin...
Do any states split electoral votes? Under the District Method, a State's electoral votes can be split among two or more candidates, just as a state's congressional delegation can be split among multiple political parties. As of 2008, Nebraska and Maine are the only states using the District...
At this point, we actually have two distinct models of the election outcome: a polls-based prediction and a fundamentals-based prediction. But 538 publishes only one forecast; that means we need to figure out how to combine the two predictions. And how we do that has a lot to do with t...
In a presidential election, every party picks its own group of electors. The candidate who gets the most popular votes in a state on Election Day “wins” all the electors for that state (except in Maine and Nebraska, where electors are doled out differently). Electors then meet in the...
Each state’s electors vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that state. The runner-up gets nothing — except in Nebraska and Maine where elector votes are awarded based on congressional district and statewide results. To win the presidency, a candidate must secure 270 ...
Each state’s electors vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that state. The runner-up gets nothing — except in Nebraska and Maine where elector votes are awarded based on congressional district and statewide results. To win the presidency, a candidate must secure 270 electoral ...
What is the electoral vote and the popular vote? How do small states benefit from the Electoral College? Which presidents were elected by the Electoral College but not the popular vote? What is the Electoral College based on? What are electoral votes based on?
This problem is actually not the Electoral College itself. The Constitution lets each state legislature decide how to award its electoral votes. Two states, Nebraska and Maine, award votes by congressional district, while the remaining states award all of their Electoral College votes to the wi...
Nebraska independent reasserts he won’t caucus with Dems after erroneous outside group fundraising appeal Former congressional candidate Harry Dunn’s group incorrectly said Dan Osborn, who is challenging GOP Sen. Deb Fischer, would join Democrats if elected. ...
Nebraska Supreme Courtorders voter registration to resumefor those with felony convictions Early voting is already underway in Nebraska, where Democrats are fighting to pick up one electoral vote in an Omaha-based congressional district Joe Biden won in 2020. ...