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Two states, Maine and Nebraska, use a tiered system where a single elector is chosen within each Congressional district and two electors are chosen by statewide popular vote.

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The winner of the state wins 2 electoral votes.

The winner of each of the congressional districts wins 1 electoral vote each.

Maine has a total of 4 electoral votes, and has used this system since 1972.

Nebraska has a total of 5 electoral votes and has used this system since 1996.

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Some argue that the winner take all process is an unfair method of distributing the States electoral vote. In the 2008 election McCain won the State however President elect Obama carried Omaha and was rewarded with one of Nebraska's five electoral votes. The individual States are allowed the right to select the way they choose a President.

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How many electoral votes did Donald Trump get from Nebraska?

The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 3 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska. Therefore, Nebraska has 5 electoral votes.


Who won the electoral votes in Missouri and Nebraska?

John McCain


What plan does Maine and Nebraska use?

In U. S. Presidential/ Vice Presidential elections, Maine and Nebraska are the only states that do not appoint their electors on a winner-takes-all basis, in which the winner of a state's popular vote receives 100% of the state's electoral votes. In each of the two states, two electoral votes go to the winner of the popular vote in the whole state, and each additional electoral goes to the winner of the popular vote in each federal congressional district. That reflects each state's number of electors being equal to their number of U. S. Senators, who are elected by statewide vote, plus their number of U. S. Representatives, each of which is elected by one congressional district. Technically, the seven smallest states by population also follow this rule, since each of those states has one representative in the House.


How many votes did Hillary Clinton get from Nevada?

Hillary Clinton received 653,669 votes to Donald Trump's 800,983 votes, losing Iowa's 6 electoral votes.


How many electoral votes did Indiana have?

The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana. Therefore, Indiana has 11 electoral votes.

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Which two states do not adhere to winner take all in elections?

Nebraska and Maine do not simply award all their votes to the state-wide winner. They award one vote to the winner in each separate congressional district and two votes to the state-wide winner.


Which are the two states that are exception to the unit rule for awarding electoral votes?

Maine and nebraska


Why can't states split their electoral votes?

They can if their legislature votes to split their votes. Maine and Nebraska currently allow their vote to be split.


What methods do Nebraska and Maine use in awarding electoral votes?

Those two States are not Winner Take All Statesand their Electoral Votes may be split between voting districts as was the case for Nebraska in the 2008 Presidential Election.


When a president canididate wins a states electoral votes do they win all of them or just part of them?

In U.S. Presidential elections, D.C. and every state except Nebraska and Maine gives 100% of their electoral votes to the candidate who gets the most popular votes within their state. In Nebraska and Maine, two electoral votes go to the candidate who gets the most popular votes within each state, and one electoral vote goes to the candidate who gets the most popular votes in each of the states' congressional districts.


What states assign electoral votes by county?

None, but Maine and Nebraska each bases two electoral votes on the popular vote of the state and each additional electoral vote on the popular vote of each congressional district.


What are the two states observe the district system for electoral votes?

Maine and Nebraska award one vote to the winner of each Congressional district and two for the state overall winner. I suppose you might this the district system.


Is California a winner take all electoral vote state?

Yes, in most states. Maine and Nebraska split their votes by congressional district.


Where there any states where the votes split?

Electoral votes split based on vote-ratio in Maine and Nebraska. The other 48 states have an all-or-nothing policy.


How do most states determine who wins the electors votes?

All states but Nebraska and Maine use the winner-take-all system to award all their electoral votes to the winner. However, some of the strongly Democratic states, mindful of 2000, add the requirement that all of their votes go to the leader in electoral votes. Nebraska and Maine give two votes to the state-wide leader and award the others to the leader in each Congressional district.


How many electoral votes did Donald Trump get from Nebraska?

The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 3 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska. Therefore, Nebraska has 5 electoral votes.


Name one state where the winner of the election is not awarded all the electoral college votes of that state?

Maine and Nebraska are the only states that do not award all of their electoral votes under multiple-winner plurality. In both states, the state at large has two electoral votes elected unti multiple-winner plurality. Each congressional district in these states also has a single electoral vote allocated using single-winner plurality, making it possible for the state to give electoral votes to multiple candidates.