Will NE & ME continue to allocate electoral votes by congressional districts?
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« on: January 26, 2023, 06:50:04 PM »

They are the only states that do this and there is only competitive
 Electoral vote in each state, so I could see them changing this some time in the next ten years.
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« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2023, 07:17:27 PM »

Probably. If one state changes it, the other will too, and I think legislators in both states realize this.
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2023, 06:04:51 PM »

It's the only thing that makes the states relevant in presidential elections so it'd be foolish to throw it away just to give their party one electoral vote.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2023, 12:35:24 AM »

It'll continue  for a while
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2023, 11:18:45 PM »

It's the only thing that makes the states relevant in presidential elections so it'd be foolish to throw it away just to give their party one electoral vote.

Do you think the custom would survive after a 269-269 tie with one or both states splitting?
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2023, 12:20:21 AM »

It's the only thing that makes the states relevant in presidential elections so it'd be foolish to throw it away just to give their party one electoral vote.

Do you think the custom would survive after a 269-269 tie with one or both states splitting?

Probably not, but I don't think the electoral college or America will come out of that intact so who cares at that point?
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2023, 10:55:50 AM »

I suppose Maine Democrats could get away with undoing this while it would take DeSantis type skill from Nebraska's new governor to get the nonpartisan legislature to counter that, and even that may not overcome the filibuster they have in Nebraska.
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2023, 12:27:57 PM »

I suppose Maine Democrats could get away with undoing this while it would take DeSantis type skill from Nebraska's new governor to get the nonpartisan legislature to counter that, and even that may not overcome the filibuster they have in Nebraska.

My understanding is that movement conservatives are now 1 seat below the filibuster breaking threshold in Nebraska.  If they can't get there in the next election, I doubt they ever will in this era though. 
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