Maine and Nebraska split their electoral votes, giving each party an extra electoral vote. Typically Democrats get one from red-state Nebraska, and Republicans get one from blue-state Maine. In some 2024 election scenarios, a single electoral vote could decide the election. For example, if Harris wi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Electoral College’
Biden or Trump, some choice
The 2024 polls show most Americans prefer [x] neither of the above. But presidents don’t need to be popular, and usually aren’t. JFK’s popularity was a big thing in its time because popular presidents are rare. There are three important considerations in choosing a president and po[...]
December 22nd, 2021 - 6:25 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
They’re always sorry later
Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC; photo left, bio here) “regrets voting against certifying two states’ electoral votes” after the Capitol riot, Huffington Post reported on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 (read story here). “In retrospect I should have voted to certify, because Presid[...]
August 1st, 2020 - 4:54 pm § in Politics
Is the Senate unbalanced?
Yes, says Lee Drutman (bio here), at FiveThirtyEight. And he’s not even a psychiatrist. For those watching today’s partisan warfare — Mitch McConnell, when he became Senate Majority Leader, famously declared his mission was to make President Obama a failure — it may come as a[...]