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Which states aren't winner-takes-all?

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by DoDo on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 04:16:00 PM EST
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Maine and Nebraska

The candidate with the highest number of votes gets 2 and the rest are split by who gets the highest number of votes in that Congressional District.

by ATinNM on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 04:18:07 PM EST
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Nebraska - 3 CDs plus 2 (Total 5 EV)

Maine - 2 CDs plus 2 (Total 4 EV)

The Congressional Districts go 1 EV to the winner within the District, and the plus 2 EVs go to the overall winner in the state.

IIRC, the CDs have never gone different than the states overall.

2nd CD in Nebraska is Omaha and 'burbs, and in a real blow-out might go Obama.  Otherwise, it's predicted the 2 CDs in ME go with the state to Obama, and the 3 CDs in NE go with the state to McCain.

In every age it has been the tyrant ... who has wrapped himself in ... patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the people. Eugene Debs

by fatbear (fatbear < > aol.com) on Tue Nov 4th, 2008 at 04:21:47 PM EST
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