Don Bacon thinks it 'would be better' for other states to use Nebraska electoral system

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) thinks the country should follow Nebraska and Maine and distribute electoral votes by congressional district. However, he said if the other 48 states are using a winner-take-all system, the Cornhusker State won’t work well as an outlier.

A last-minute effort to change Nebraska’s system to winner-take-all failed Tuesday. Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) said he would not call a special session after being unable to convince enough lawmakers to make the change before the Nov. 5 election, saying in a statement that “we have left every inch on the field to get this done.”