State Sen. Mike McDonnell deflates GOP hopes for Nebraska winner-take-all in 2024 (nebraskaexaminer.com)

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This means that it's possible for the Harris to win the congressional district including Omaha, and thereby obtain one electoral vote. If this happens, and she wins the Blue Wall states, she gets to 270 electoral votes and wins the election.

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago

McDonnell is the former Democratic Senator (labor guy, socially conservative) who switched from D to R earlier this year.

He represents a 60% Biden/48% minority district in the legislature, and wants to run for Mayor in blue Omaha. There is zero political upside for him to support this.

Without his vote, the Republicans can't pass it.

[-] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

If this entire election banks on one guy holding strong, I don’t feel good.

[-] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 38 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Not necessarily. Nebraska's single split electoral vote also only determines winner or tie in some election maps. If WI + MI +PA go blue and at least one of NV, AZ, GA or NC it would push it above that

There are some other hold outs as well in the Nebraska legislature as well

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 minutes ago

Sounds a bit like Mayor Adams in NYC. He's still D but everything he does reeks of Republican BS

[-] Kethal@lemmy.world 19 points 2 hours ago

Every state should allocate its delegates proportionally to how its citizens voted. It's the most democratic approach. If just a few (5 to 8 key states) states did this, it would be very unlikely for mismatches between the electoral college and popular vote.

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 hours ago

It has a first-mover problem: the states which do it effectively hand the presidency to the party that a majority of their residents don't want to hold power.

That's why the national popular vote interstate compact is built the way it is.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I hope this guy has some good police protection.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 minutes ago

Tbh I hope this guy has some good non-police protection, considering the predilections of most law enforcement people in the country. They tend to swing pretty hard right, statistically.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 hour ago

Blue wall?

Based on the phrasing,

CA, NY, WA, OR, CO, NM, IL?

That’s 138. What am I missing?

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 2 points 1 hour ago

About 132

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

I meant what states but thank you

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