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 ...

Nebraska and Maine long ago discarded the Electoral College's winner-take-all approach to allow split ballots if a candidate wins the popular vote in a congressional district.

Maine and Nebraska handle the electoral college differently than any other states. Here's how and why. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

But Maine and Nebraska award their electoral votes more proportionally. This idea was first implemented in Maine in 1972, and in Nebraska since 1991. Electoral College why and how: Electoral ...

Every four years, the 2nd Congressional Districts in Nebraska and Maine become mini swing states in the presidential election. That’s because those states can split their electoral vote by ...

Maine, Nebraska remain Electoral College battlegrounds after redistricting. The only two states that award electoral votes by congressional district redrew their maps this week, mostly leaving the ...

Maine and Nebraska are the only states to assign Electoral College votes by congressional district. In a tight election, some are considering altering this for party advantage.

Maine began allocating its electoral votes by congressional district beginning with the 1972 presidential election (Nebraska began two decades later, for 1992).

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 ...

Maine has had the proportional system in place since 1972 and Nebraska since 1991, and only once have the votes ever split. Barack Obama in 2008 got one electoral vote from deep red Nebraska from ...