Nebraska, Electoral College and Maine
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Editorial: The unfair Electoral College: The Nebraska and Maine plan would be better provided every state divided their votes
Nebraska has long counted its electoral votes in presidential elections differently than almost every other state in the union. Forty-eight states are winner-take-all, meaning that the candidate who gets the most popular votes gets all of that state’s electoral votes.
Why Maine and Nebraska are feuding over the electoral college
For months, Nebraska and Maine have engaged in a standoff over possible changes to their electoral college votes, but a missed deadline in Maine means Nebraska Republicans can toss an extra electoral vote to Trump without fear of retaliation from Maine Democrats.
Harris May Be Screwed If Nebraska Changes Its Electoral College Rules
Maine Democrats were supposed to come to her rescue. But a top state official says they likely missed their window.
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The unfair Electoral College: The Nebraska and Maine plan would be better provided every state divided their votes
Nebraska has long counted its electoral votes in presidential elections differently than almost every other state in the union. Forty-eight states are winner-take-all, meaning that the candidate
New Harris vs. Trump poll: Here’s who leads Nebraska district at center of electoral college dispute
A new CNN poll breaks down who is leading Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district at the center of Trump’s bid to change how the state allocates its Electoral College votes. The new CNN poll, released Friday and conducted by SSRS,
Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed
Harris and Democratic groups have spent more than $5 million in the district since she entered the race on July 23, and have more than $6 million in ad time reserved through Elect
Key Electoral College vote in Nebraska swings in favor of Harris
A lone electoral vote in Nebraska that could determine the presidential election is inching in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris, a major boon for her just weeks ahead of
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Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts
As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, ...
Map shows where effort to replace Electoral College stands
Nearly 20 years in the making, the reform initiative seeks to change the way Electoral College votes are counted.
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Commentary: Preserve democracy, end the electoral college
November 5, 2024, might be the day the second U.S. woman presidential candidate from a major party wins the popular vote but ...
Why eliminating the Electoral College would be bad for democracy
It is election season once again. Regardless of who wins and loses, everyone will be forced to listen to more complaining ...
‘Politics Explained’: What is the Electoral College? How the way we pick presidents is like a bad family cookout
What is the electoral college? Usually the majority of votes wins. But when it comes to presidential elections, swing states ...
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Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College
U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the ...
Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor
Flipping how one electoral vote in Nebraska is allocated means slightly more scenarios in which Donald Trump, not Kamala ...
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Trump allies push to eliminate Nebraska's split Electoral College vote
A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state's Electoral College votes to the ...
A Leading Law Scholar Fears We’re Lurching Toward Secession
The Electoral College — created in part, as the scholar Akhil Reed Amar has shown, to protect slavery — has already given us ...