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 ...

LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, their Democratic counterparts in Maine have little ...

In the unlikely event that there is a 269 to 269 tie in the Electoral College, a complicated process will begin to churn. First, the newly elected members of the House of Representatives would ...

Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to Harris' 226. See state-by-state results here and below. Nationally, Trump also won the popular vote , winning 77.2 million votes to Harris' 75 million.

In 48 states, plus the nation's capital, electoral votes are awarded using a winner-take-all system, but Maine and Nebraska are different, allowing electoral votes to be split.

The Electoral College – explained 02:56. For nearly two decades, there's been an effort to change the way the U.S. has always elected its presidents by creating a workaround to the Electoral ...

Under the Electoral College system, although smaller states do not have as much influence as places like California, New York, or Texas, their votes still matter because their (at minimum) three ...

However, two states — Maine and Nebraska — have a proportional representation electoral college. Both states award two electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote, and then one ...

Maine’s lawmakers passed a bill that would give the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the national popular vote, taking a step toward becoming the 15th state to ...

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.

The US Electoral College will again determine who’ll become President this year, as it has for more than two centuries of confusion and controversy. And Americans will once again ask … why?