Rather than allotting all the state's electoral points to the winner of the statewide popular vote, some of their electoral votes are split up between Maine’s two and Nebraska’s three ...

Barack Obama picked up one of Nebraska's five electoral votes in 2008, as did Biden in 2020. In Maine, Donald Trump won one of that state's four electoral votes in 2016 and again in 2020.

In Nebraska, two of the five electoral votes are awarded to the candidate who wins the most votes statewide. The other three go to the winners of each of the state’s three congressional districts.

Former President Donald Trump and Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen are calling on the state’s Legislature to change the way Nebraska doles out its Electoral College votes, a move that would almost ...

Former President Donald Trump and his allies have ramped up pressure for Nebraska lawmakers to change the method the state divvies out electoral college votes, an effort that underscores just how ...

Nebraska enacted the rule starting with the 1992 election. Maine, which is the other state to split electoral votes, has done so since 1972. All five of Nebraska's electoral votes stayed red until ...

Change to Nebraska electoral system could impact Harris' path to victory 01:37. ... In 48 states, electoral votes are allocated based upon which candidate wins the majority of votes in the state.

The reason that Nebraska splits its electoral votes this way is actually relatively simple. The state's legislature believed that this would be a better representation of the will of their voters ...

Nebraska will continue to award some of its electoral votes by congressional district after lawmakers this week rejected legislation that would have changed how the state handles presidential ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) had said he could call a special legislative session if there is enough support to change how the state allocates its electoral votes.

Nebraska has three congressional districts and five total electoral votes, while Maine has two congressional districts and four total electoral votes.Trump won statewide in Nebraska, as well as in ...

Nebraska and Maine are the only two states in the country that divide their electoral votes by congressional district – an unusual system that in 2020 allowed Biden to win one vote from Nebraska ...