Republican members of Congress from Nebraska in a Wednesday letter called on their state to apportion all of its five electoral votes to the popular vote winner of the presidential election in the state.
Nebraska, unlike most states , splits its five votes. Two of the votes go to the winner of the popular vote in the state. The other three are linked to the three congressional districts in the state and are given to who wins the popular vote in those districts.
This is a critical factor in his year’s presidential race, as a victory by Vice President Harris in the district that covers the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area could help her win the presidency.
If Harris loses Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada, she could still win the presidency by winning the other states won by President Biden in 2020 — as long as she also wins the single electoral vote from Nebraska’s second district. This would give her 270 electoral votes exactly.
Biden won the district and its electoral vote in 2020.