Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[LinekersLegs]

 

[RAFUH]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Wonder how much vote there is left for Election Day?

 

[BlueTX]

I mean, the ridiculousness of these people:

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Wizard]

@LinekersLegs or any other of our American friends. What does the second CD mean for states like Maine and Nebraska? Are those states split up?

 

[TN Toffee]

Yeah. Most states award their electors in an all or nothing manner based on whoever gets the most votes in the whole state. But those two award them based on who wins each CD.

 

[LinekersLegs]

@LinekersLegs or any other of our American friends. What does the second CD mean for states like Maine and Nebraska? Are those states split up?

Yes, rather than “winner take all“ in terms of electoral votes they can split them up.

Split Electoral Votes in Maine and Nebraska - 270toWin

While most states allocate electoral votes in an all or none manner to the popular vote winner, Maine and Nebraska take a different approach.

www.270towin.com

I prefer it as a methodology but it can make filling out 270towin maps a bit of a challenge

 

[wm02]

@LinekersLegs or any other of our American friends. What does the second CD mean for states like Maine and Nebraska? Are those states split up?

CD stands for congressional district. In those two states, the electoral college votes are allotted on that basis rather than a winner take all basis

 

[RAFUH]

I’d pile on but looks like y’all have taken care of @Wizard

 

[Huyton Layne]

Seems it'd be this