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Maine Dems plot response if Nebraska GOP tweaks Electoral College votes
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Democrats in mostly blue Maine are threatening to retaliate if Republican-led Nebraska changes how it awards Electoral College votes for the 2028 presidential election.
Key facts
- Democrats in mostly blue Maine are threatening to retaliate if Republican-led Nebraska changes how it awards Electoral College votes for the 2028 presidential election
- Reality check: Jane Kleeb, chair of Nebraska's Democratic Party, told them that fears of a change in her state are overblown
- Nirav Shah, a third Democrat vying for Maine governor, backs changing the state's current approach toward allocating Electoral College votes if Nebraska did so, he told Axios
- It's the latest example of tit-for-tat election politics that have come to define the Trump era, and that could help determine who wins the race for the White House
Summary
It's the latest example of tit-for-tat election politics that have come to define the Trump era, and that could help determine who wins the race for the White House. Several Democrats running to be Maine's next governor have signaled they would support modifying state law to adopt a "winner take all" electoral vote system in the presidential race if Nebraska did the same. Unlike other states, Maine and Nebraska dole out their Electoral College votes partly based on the winner of each congressional district. That's led to GOP presidential contenders picking up one of Maine's four Electoral College votes in the 2020 and 2024 elections, and Democrats similarly winning one of Nebraska's five Electoral College votes in those years.