Trump Could Get 1 Extra Electoral Vote in 2024: Here’s What It Means

Published on April 3, 2024

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Tuesday showed a willingness to back legislation that would potentially prevent President Joe Biden from getting one of the state’s electoral votes by endorsing a statewide “winner-takes-all” system that would likely boost former President Donald Trump. Unlike every other U.S. state, only Nebraska and Maine assign Electoral College votes by district. A congressional district that centers around Omaha, the largest city in the state, has sometimes gone in favor of Democratic presidential candidates—notably in 2020. However, if the state switched to a more standard system, Nebraska’s three electoral votes would likely all go to former President Donald Trump as the former president has easily won the GOP-dominated state by wide margins in both 2016 and 2020....

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