Nebraska's unique electoral vote system was the topic of debate this year, as Republican lawmakers tried to change it to a winner-take-all approach that would have benefited former President Donald Trump and risked an electoral college tie. Trump won statewide ...
Instead, the statewide winner gets two of Nebraska’s five votes, while one vote goes to the winner in each of the state’s three congressional districts. That means Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has a shot at picking up an Electoral College vote in her race against Republican...
Nebraska allocates three of its five electoral votes based on the winner in each of the state's three congressional districts. The presidential candidate who wins the statewide popular vote receives the remaining two. Republicans have recentlysought to change the systemto winner-take-all, wh...
Nebraska’s high court says people with felony records can register to vote in a decision with implications for the upcoming election.
As for possible national implications,I notedwhen the case was argued that, like Maine, Nebraska doesn’t use a winner-take-all system for itsElectoral College votes: Rather, the winner of the popular vote gets two [electors] and then the other three are split among...
While most states allocate electoral votes in an all or none manner to the popular vote winner, Maine and Nebraska take a different approach.
Nebraska overall is heavily Republican but is one of only two states — the other is Maine — that apportions its electoral college votes by congressional district. The Omaha-area district has twice awarded that vote to Democratic presidential candidates — to Bar...
Nebraska’s 2nd District, which went for President Joe Biden four years ago, could give Harris the decisive 270th electoral vote. Or, if Trump were to win, the election would end in a 269-269 tie. In that scenario, the president would be chosen by the Ho...
The implications of the court’s impending ruling could be national: While Nebraska has historically voted Republican, like Maine it doesn’t use a winner-take-all system for its five Electoral College votes. Rather, the winner of the popular vote gets two and then...
There's a novelty to Osborn's candidacy as well for Nebraska -- with his momentum coming on the coattails of the Electoral College vote controversy,which also briefly thrust the state into national attention. Separately, Democrats also hope that state Sen. Tony Vargas can flip the sta...