Former President Donald Trump is celebrating Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen's proposed election reform in Nebraska, which – if successful – will almost certainly gain him one more vote in the Electoral College.
Pillen, a Republican, has officially endorsed a bill in the state legislature supporting a “winner-take-all” system for the state's presidential elections.
Since 1992, Nebraska has awarded two electoral votes based on the statewide vote and one vote each for its three congressional districts. The Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District, a nominally Republican seat, went for Joe Biden by 6% in 2020. Two years later, Pillen defeated his Democratic counterpart there by 0.1%.
Breitbart's Hannah Knudsen reports:
In a post this week, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk explained why that matters so much.
“Suppose Donald Trump flips Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada next fall, as current polls all show him doing. Would he win the presidency? Not quite. In fact, if Trump flips those three states and no others, he loses by exactly ONE electoral vote Why? Nebraska,” he explained.
The most recent RealClearPolitics electoral college map, with no toss-ups, shows Trump winning 312 electoral votes compared to Biden's 226. However, polls indicate Biden prevailing in Nebraska's 2nd District. (RELATED: Court Reinstates Republican-Drawn Congressional Map For 2024 Elections)
Naturally, Democrats are resistant to calls for change, as Knudsen documents:
A panel on MSNBC recently sounded the alarm, which included former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina.
“If that changes and we don't know that it will – it's, the state legislature is gonna look at it – but if that changes, that takes away Biden's best path to win because if you get – if he wins Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, then loses the other swing states and no longer picks up the one in, Nebraska 269,” the panel noted, as a candidate individual needs 270 electoral votes to win.
“This is the hell that Donald Trump hath wrought,” Messina remarked.
“In the middle of this changing the rules 200 days before the election is ridiculous. I think you're right. I think there are real simulation problems,” he added, a further acknowledgment that the single electoral vote from Omaha could play an outsized role in determining the next president of the United States.
If there is a tie in the Electoral College, according to Article 2, Section 1, Clause 3, the decision goes to the House of Representatives, while the Senate selects the vice president. While each senator has one vote for vice president, the House is different. Each state has only one vote for president, regardless of the size of their congressional delegation. The candidate with 26 states wins.
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