How the 2nd District could affect the presidential election. The presidential candidates need 270 electoral college votes to win, and Maine will contribute four of them.

Electoral College math, recent history and current polling suggest a remote – though not absurd – scenario in which the lone District 2 vote plays an outsize role. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers ...

Two recent Maine based developments have once again put the state on the national stage of how the country elects its president. The first came last month when the legislature voted to join 16 ...

Interestingly, Maine didn’t exercise its ability to split its Electoral College votes until the 2016 presidential election, when Donald Trump received one vote from the 2nd Congressional District.

If a critical mass get on board, the archaic Electoral College could be history. Provided, that is, the courts, another not-especially-democratic institution, don’t upend it all. Share this: ...

The plan Maine just voted to join would take effect only if places with at least half the number of electoral votes sign on. So far, in the 18 years the proposal has been on the table those with ...

If Nebraska Republicans changed their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump this November, a top Maine Democrat said her party would try to do a similar move to counteract the impact.

In Augusta, members of Maine's Electoral College cast ballots for both President and Vice President of the United States. It's the next step toward finalizing the results of November's election.

A Maine Democrat warned Nebraska about changing their electoral college system to benefit Trump. Former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Michigan, on September 27, 2023.

The move by Nebraska GOP lawmakers is an attempt to prevent Biden from earning an Electoral College vote by winning the state’s Omaha district, which he did in 2020.

Former Republican Maine Governor Paul LePage warned Americans that white people will no longer have a say in presidential elections should states eliminate the electoral college.