Comments on: Chuck Hagel’s Wife To Endorse Obama http://donklephant.com/2008/10/07/chuck-hagels-wife-to-endorse-obama/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:53:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ben http://donklephant.com/2008/10/07/chuck-hagels-wife-to-endorse-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-418975 ben Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:53:09 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=8812#comment-418975 There are a couple of things here. Nebraska does not split its electoral vote evenly among 5 areas, it assigns 2 votes statewide and the other three by congressional district. As electoral votes are assigned on the basis of a state's congressional delegation, this distribution is analogous to having the two statewide votes represent the state's senators, etc. Secondly, the idea that this one vote is a bulwark against a tied electoral college doesn't stand. There is no realistic scenario in which Obama wins this district, but only 268 other electoral votes. There are a couple of things here. Nebraska does not split its electoral vote evenly among 5 areas, it assigns 2 votes statewide and the other three by congressional district. As electoral votes are assigned on the basis of a state’s congressional delegation, this distribution is analogous to having the two statewide votes represent the state’s senators, etc.

Secondly, the idea that this one vote is a bulwark against a tied electoral college doesn’t stand. There is no realistic scenario in which Obama wins this district, but only 268 other electoral votes.

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