Title: The Electoral College
Headings: The Electoral College
The Electoral College
Overview
The Electoral College in 2020
Nomination of Electors
Awarding Electoral Votes
The Winner-Take-All System
The District System
Proposed Changes to the Electoral College
Faithless Electors
Additional Resources

Content: It is possible under the district system to split the electoral vote for the state. This happened in 2008 in Nebraska: Barack Obama won the electoral vote in the congressional district including Omaha, while John McCain won in the state's other two districts and won the statewide vote as well, securing the state's two at-large votes. Thus, when the Nebraska presidential electors met in December 2008, there were four Republican electors and one Democrat. That election was the first time Nebraska's electoral vote was split. Proposed Changes to the Electoral College
In the years since the highly controversial 2000 presidential election, bills have been introduced in every state in the country to change the process for selecting electors. During the period of 2001-2006, most Electoral College reform bills proposed switching to the district system. None of these bills passed. In the years since, attention has largely shifted to the National Popular Vote (NPV). This is an idea that would allow states to bypass the Electoral College without amending the U.S. Constitution.