Maine and Nebraska laws let each U.S. House district choose its own presidential elector, instead of using a winner-take-all system. On October 10, the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution asking the 2010 session of the Nebraska legislature to restore the winner-take-all system used in 48 states.
In 2008, Barack Obama carried the Nebraska district that is centered on the city of Omaha, making Nebraska the first state to split its electoral college vote between the Democratic nominee and the Republican nominee since 1916.
Abolish the EVIL SUPER time bomb ANTI-Democracy Electoral College.
Uniform definition of Elector-Voter.
NONpartisan nomination and election of ALL elected executive officers and ALL judges via Approval Voting (A.V.).
The EVIL E.C. hangs on due to the many very small States in the minority rule U.S.A. Senate — the New Age brain dead media just lets the ROT continue.
The NE machinations may cause some State regimes to make the E.C. gerrymanders even worse (if that is possible) — use the gerrymander U.S.A. Rep. districts or even invent special E.C. gerrymander districts.
I like the current Nebraska system. I would like to see all states use that system.
Diddos, citizen1.
Half the votes in half the gerrymander areas = about 25 percent minority rule = MONARCHY / OLIGARCHY.
E.C. math is a bit higher — about 28-30 of the voters actually elect each Prez/VP — in about 60 percent of the States/D.C. — i.e. each party hack Prez gets a plurality in about 30 States — and instantly claims a 100 percent mandate for the party hack agenda involved.
Now only about 8 *marginal* gerrymander States for Prez/VP elections — aka *battleground* States.
Diddos, citizen1. The two parties have greatly minimized the influence of smaller states in the presidential election by lumping all electors of each state together.
A survey of 800 Nebraska voters conducted on December 22-23, 2008 showed 74% overall support for a national popular vote for President.
In a follow-up question presenting a three-way choice among various methods of awarding Nebraska’s electoral votes,
* 60% favored a national popular vote;
* 28% favored Nebraska’s current system of awarding its electoral votes by congressional district; and
* 13% favored the statewide winner-take-all system (i.e., awarding all of Nebraska’s electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most votes statewide).
When presented with the basic question of a national popular vote, support for a national popular vote was, by political affiliation, 79% among Democrats, 70% among Republicans, and 75% among Others.
By congressional district, support for a national popular vote was 77% in the First congressional district, 68% in the Second district; and 77% in the Third District. As you know, the Second district voted for Obama in November 2008, and Obama received one electoral vote by virtue of carrying the Second district.
By age, support for a national popular vote was 64% among 18-29 year olds, 72% among 30-45 year olds, 73% among 46-65 year olds, and 79% for those older than 65.
By gender, support for a national popular vote was 82% among women and 66% among men.
By race, support for a national popular vote was 75% among whites (representing 88% of respondents), 56% among African Americans (representing 4% of respondents), 75% among Hispanics (representing 1% of respondents), and 67% among Others (representing 7% of respondents).
For more details, see http://www.NationalPopularVote.com