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Generally, the candidate who won the most votes in a state gets all that state’s electoral votes − though Maine and Nebraska split up these votes. For example, Maine cast three of its four electoral ...
Currently, Nebraska awards two electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote statewide. Nebraska then awards the winner of the presidential vote in each congressional ...
Nebraska's split presidential electoral system survived an attempt to replace it with a winner-take-all model Tuesday as two Republicans joined Democrats in refusing to vote to stop a filibuster.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers ...
Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their electoral votes by congressional district, and both have done so in recent presidential elections.
Nebraska will continue to split its presidential electoral votes by congressional district — at least for now.