A single Republican state senator has opened up a possible nightmare situation for former President Donald Trump.
Republican Nebraska State Sen. Mike McDonnell announced Monday that he opposes altering the state’s present system, the place presidential candidates are awarded one electoral vote for every congressional district they win, plus two votes for whoever wins the entire state, to a winner-take-all allocation. McDonnell’s refusal to again the change would enable Vice President Kamala Harris to lose each Sub Belt swing state and nonetheless defeat Trump 270 to 268 if she pulls off victories within the Rust Belt and Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.
With out McDonnell’s assist, Nebraska Republicans don’t have any path to beat a filibuster blocking the change to how electoral votes are allotted, according to the Nebraska Examiner. (RELATED: Harris Honeymoon Fizzles Out As Trump Leads In Sun Belt Battlegrounds)
Within the occasion that Trump and Harris every obtain 269 electoral votes in November, the Home delegations for every state would vote for his or her most well-liked candidate and the candidate with probably the most states backing them takes the White Home — a course of that will favor Trump as 26 states at the moment have majority-Republican delegations, according to CNN.
Each different state within the union, except for Maine, awards electoral votes on a winner-takes-all foundation. President Joe Biden gained Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in 2020, nevertheless, Trump gained it in 2016.
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“Elections ought to be a possibility for all voters to be heard, regardless of who they’re, the place they reside, or what occasion they assist,” McDonnell stated in his assertion asserting opposition to the change. “I’ve taken time to pay attention fastidiously to Nebraskans and nationwide leaders on either side of the difficulty. After deep consideration, it’s clear to me that proper now, 43 days from Election Day, just isn’t the second to make this modification.”
McDonnell is from Omaha, which is in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, and has confirmed to the native press that he’s contemplating operating for mayor in 2025, in accordance with the Nebraska Examiner. He additionally indicated that he would assist a statewide referendum on the winner-take-all difficulty after November’s election.
McDonnell was beforehand a Democrat however switched to the Republican Celebration in April after he stated his Democratic colleagues didn’t respect his “religious-based, pro-life place,” and that they’d tried to punish him for it, the Nebraska Examiner reported.
The state senator has been criticized by each nationwide and native Republicans for his place.
“There’s an excessive amount of at stake on this election for Nebraskans to spare an electoral vote,” Republican State Sen. Rob Dover stated, the Nebraska Examiner reported. “We should always communicate as a unified voice.”
Trump additionally hit McDonnell in a Truth Social post, questioning his loyalty to the occasion and vowing to win Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District.
Democrats, against this, praised McDonnell’s place, with the chair of the Nebraska Democratic Celebration lauding him for “standing sturdy in opposition to large strain from out-of-state pursuits to guard Nebraskans’ voice in our democracy,” in accordance with the Nebraska Examiner.
McDonnell didn’t reply to the Day by day Caller Information Basis’s request for remark.
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