If every state adopted Nebraska’s unique system of awarding its Electoral College votes for president — which provides one electoral vote to the winner in each congressional district and two per state to the overall winner — President-elect Donald Trump would have still won the White House.
New Hampshire lawmakers are putting forth a bill that would reapportion the state's electors based on its two congressional districts' results -- similar to Maine and Nebraska.
In the 2024 presidential election, both states split their votes. Maine sent three votes to Harris and one to Trump, while Nebraska sent four votes to Trump and one to Harris. Gannon said that this bill would ensure “everyone’s voice to be heard,” as well as encourage presidential candidates to continue to campaign in the state.
The winner-take-all measure is in the first wave of 2025 proposed Nebraska laws introduced Thursday in the Legislature.
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Sen. Loren Lippincott of Central City introduced legislation Thursday that would terminate the state's electoral system that splits votes between the statewide vote and votes in the three Congressional Districts.
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In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of New Hampshire narrowly, by 7,211 votes. Under the state’s “winner take all” system, all four of the Granite State’s Electoral College votes went to Republican George W.
Awarding half of the state's electoral college votes based on the showing of presidential candidates in each congressional district would enfranchise more citizens and motivate nominees to return for general elections to campaign in New Hampshire,