As Republicans, including Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) and former President Donald Trump, push for an effort to award all of the state’s electors to the presidential candidate who wins the statewide vote, Democrats are pushing back in Nebraska. It’s a wake-up call for the state.
On Tuesday, Pillen officially joined a conservative-led effort to change how Nebraska votes its electoral votes. Currently, the state has deviated from the winner-take-all system and awards votes based on congressional districts. In other words, a presidential candidate may win a state but lose electoral votes if another candidate wins a particular congressional district. This has happened before, when former President Barack Obama won the electorate in 2008 and when President Biden won the electorate. collected 2020 electoral vote after winning District 2 by less than 23,000 votes.
In this week’s post, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk explained why it’s so important.
“Let’s assume Donald Trump flips Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada next fall, as all the current polls show. Would he win the presidency? Not completely. In fact, if Trump flipped these three states and didn’t flip the others, he would lose by exactly one electoral vote. Why? Nebraska,” he explained. .
Let’s assume that Donald Trump flips Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada next fall, as all current polls point to him. Will he be elected president? Not completely. In fact, if Trump were to flip these three states and fail to flip the others, he would lose by exactly one electoral vote.
why? Nebraska.
Despite being one of the…
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 2, 2024
Pillen also jumped in to address the issue, publicly supporting the state moving to a winner-take-all system, something Democrats don’t want.
Today’s Statement on LB 764 — Winner-Take-All pic.twitter.com/g8KLOtATYo
— Governor Jim Pillen (@TeamPillen) April 2, 2024
thank you, @TeamPillen 👏🏼
Let’s do it, Nebraska! 💪🏼🇺🇸
Keep up the pressure on the committee to bring it to the floor. Keep in touch with your committee senators and your own state senator. 💯@beard_vet @FanchonBlythe @NEGOP @charliekirk11 @tylerbowyer @TPAction_ https://t.co/eJv2wA23xf pic.twitter.com/hstHqT4p7I
— Nebraska Freedom Coalition (@NebraskaFreedom) April 2, 2024
An MSNBC panel recently sounded the alarm, including former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina.
“If things change, and I don’t know if they will, but state legislatures will look at it, if that changes, it will take away Biden’s best path to victory, because “If he wins Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Michigan loses other battleground states and he can no longer win Nebraska (269).” He pointed out that a vote was needed.
“I think this is what the modern Republican Party looks like,” Messina said, accusing the party of “trying to change the rules in the process of serving their own interests.”
“This is the hell that Donald Trump has caused,” he said.
“Changing the rules in the middle of this, 200 days before the election, is ridiculous. I think you’re right. I think there’s a problem with the real-life simulation,” Messina said, adding that one Democratic electoral vote would go to Biden. acknowledged the importance of the project to his efforts.
“If you look at the map, when one electoral vote becomes very important in a combination of other factors, you need another state. So the easiest path to victory is always the three Midwestern states and Nebraska combined. Something tells me they’re not going to have it easy,” he continued, adding, “Any attempt to change the rules here will spark a national outcry.” It’s going to happen,” he predicted.
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MSNBC is panicking about Nebraska:
“If you look at the map, you can see that one electoral vote is very important in combination with other factors. Then you need another state.”
“The easiest path to victory is always three Midwestern states and Nebraska combined.”
boom! pic.twitter.com/uNRD9qvLhT
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 3, 2024
politiko Playbook also highlighted this effort on Wednesday, with Kirk concluding there was a “panic.”
Politico Playbook was led this morning with an article on Nebraska:
“For President Joe Biden, it would deprive him of the easiest path to 270 at the moment, winning one electoral vote from the ‘blue wall’ states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and the Omaha metropolitan area. . ”
Panic ensues… pic.twitter.com/N7YdbH4hB6
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 3, 2024
State Sen. Megan Hunt, representing Omaha’s 8th District, also called the efforts “pathetic.”
“This shows that Donald Trump has serious concerns that this election will be decided by one electoral vote, and is willing to cheat or change the rules state by state to ensure victory. ,” Hunt said. “It’s pathetic, and if he wants to win Omaha’s votes, he should come get them.”
This is because Donald Trump has serious concerns that this election will be decided by one electoral vote, and is prepared to cheat and change the rules state by state in order to ensure victory. It shows that there is.
That’s pathetic, and if he wants to get Omaha’s votes, he should come get them. https://t.co/bLaPcmdIxr
— Sen. Megan Hunt (@NebraskaMegan) April 3, 2024
Trump publicly announced his participation in the effort on Tuesday, further heightening concerns on the left.
President Trump said, “Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen is a very smart and popular governor who has done some really great things, but today I support returning Nebraska’s electoral votes to a winner-take-all system. “We have published a very powerful letter,” he said. true society.
“Most Nebraskans have wanted to go back to this system for a long time because that’s what the other 48 states are doing, that’s the founding intent, and it’s the right thing for Nebraska.” He continued to express his gratitude to the governor.
“Let’s hope the Senate does the right thing. Nebraskans, please respectfully ask your senators to support this great bill.” He added:
