Mon Sep 23 22:26:33 UTC 2024: ## Nebraska Lawmaker Blocks Trump’s Bid to Capture All Electoral Votes

**LINCOLN, NE** – A Republican-led effort to award all five of Nebraska’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the state, regardless of district results, has been thwarted. State Senator Mike McDonnell, a Republican from Omaha, has declared his opposition to the change, effectively ending the effort before the November 5th election.

This move comes after Trump loyalists, including the former president himself, had pressured Nebraska Republicans to shift to a winner-take-all system. They argued that this would improve the chances of awarding all of Nebraska’s electoral votes to Donald Trump in the event of a close national race.

Nebraska is one of nine states that Republican candidates have consistently won since 1964. However, the state currently allocates its electoral votes based on the results of individual congressional districts, with two votes going to the overall state winner. This system has resulted in Democratic candidates winning Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in both 2008 and 2020.

Senator McDonnell, who is term-limited and leaving office in January, believes that a change to the electoral vote allocation should be decided by Nebraska voters, not politicians. He is encouraging the Legislature to propose a constitutional amendment next year that would allow voters to decide the issue.

The move to change Nebraska’s electoral vote system was met with strong opposition from Democrats, who argued that it would disenfranchise voters in districts that lean Democratic. McDonnell’s stance, coupled with the lack of time to implement such a change before the upcoming election, has effectively ended the Republican effort.

Read More