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mashton in reply to @Aroogah

the votes are apportioned to each candidate is up to each state. It's not a perfect system.

I did not know this.

So, it is perfectly legit (for e.g.) for Pennsylvania to decide to give 10 EC votes to Trump and 10 to Biden?

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andyp in reply to @mashton

There is a state that does this, read about it somewhere yesterday.

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GoatandTricycle in reply to @andyp

Maine does things differently
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Soul in reply to @andyp

Maine and Nebraska sort of do this....

Using the 'congressional district method', these states allocate two electoral votes to the state popular vote winner, and then one electoral vote to the popular vote winner in each Congressional district (2 in Maine, 3 in Nebraska). This creates multiple popular vote contests in these states, which could lead to a split electoral vote.

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