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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: Nebraska: Obama could win 1 Electoral Vote |
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The Maine/Nebraska system works. We need to get every state to adopt this system for selecting Presidential Electors:
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Nebraska Likely to Cast a Split Electoral College Vote
November 6th, 2008
According to this report, the 2nd U.S. House district of Nebraska is somewhat likely to vote for Barack Obama.
Nebraska is one of two states in which each U.S. House district elects its own elector. McCain is leading by 569 votes in the 2nd district, but a very large number of early votes remain to be counted, and so far Obama has been far ahead of McCain in the already-counted early votes in Nebraska.
That would make the Nebraska electoral vote this year 4 for McCain and 1 for Obama. Nebraska has 3 U.S. House districts, and of course it has two at-large electors.
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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I believe it has been called for Obama.
Obama wins electoral vote in Nebraska
Making the safe assumption Missouri will end up still going to McCain the final tally would be 365/173.
I personally think you are going to see more states go this direction, which would be easier then doing some kind of electoral reform at the federal level. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Isn't kentucky or Tennesee on that Maine/Nebraska split vote program too? |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| No, just Nebraska and Maine |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
I personally think you are going to see more states go this direction, which would be easier then doing some kind of electoral reform at the federal level. |
I dunno. Maryland has signed onto this patently unconstitutional (so I say!) agreement to assign their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote if a majority of states also agree to this agreement. It gives EJ Dionne the vapors.
Where's Justice Marshall to shut down Maryland when we need him? |
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nathanrutledge
Joined: 01 May 2008
Location: Marakesh
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Being from district 2 in Nebraska, I was shocked that Obama actually won it. Granted, it was a VERY slim margin, and they still haven't counted some of the absentee ballots, so it is possible he could still lose it.
I would like to point out that there is currently a push in Nebraska to return to the winner take all system. The proponents point out the constitutionality of the issue. The republicans (of which I am) are pushing to change it (which i've believed since 10th grade civics class) while the democrats are pushing to keep it. Of course, both parties are claiming that the other is playing politics (which they are), but if we were to do this nation wide, what affect would this have on the national election?
If we did this nation wide, sure the democrats would win a few districts in the mid west, but they would lose half the districts in California and New York, amongst other places. Just a thought. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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From Ballot Access News:
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| ... long ago, more states elected electors by district than statewide. For example, in 1796, six states elected electors by district, but only three states elected them statewide, and in seven states the legislature chose them. |
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| ...In 1796: KY, MD, MA, NC, VA ... |
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In 1796, the 6th state that used districts was Tennessee, which divided itself into 3 presidential electoral districts. It couldn�t use US House districts since it only had one US House member.
There were also 6 states that used districts of one kind or another, in 1820. Those 6 states were Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Tennessee. |
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The system used by Maine and Nebraska is unlike that used by most States in the first 12 presidential elections, in that two electors are chosen Statewide. Much more common early on was the election of presidential electors from special purpose electoral districts, either single member, or sometimes multi-member.
Also most states were not winner-take-all until the 20th century. Even when electors were chosen on a statewide basis, electors ran as individual members of a slate, and a voter was free not to support all those allied with a particular party or presidential candidate |
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