Source: RealClearPolitics
by Froma Harrop
“Every state is different. Nebraska is quite different. It is one of only two states that doesn’t use the winner-take-all system in presidential elections. Along with Maine, it allocates its Electoral College votes to reflect the results in each of its congressional districts. In 2020, Donald Trump lost the Omaha-based congressional district while winning Nebraska’s other two. That cost him one electoral vote. In a very close election, that one vote could matter. Hence, Trump and his people have been pressuring Nebraska to adopt ‘winner-take-all,’ whereby whatever candidate received the most votes statewide would get all five of Nebraska’s electoral votes. … were ‘reliably Democratic’ Maine to adopt a winner-take-all system, that would cancel any Republican advantage in a Nebraska that did likewise. Maine’s rural 2nd congressional district favored Trump both in 2016 and 2020.” (04/16/24)