The next battle in the new civil war may not be North vs. South, but rather East vs. Midwest. Republicans in Nebraska’s legislature have been working to enact a change to the state’s electoral college rules, making it the 49th state to award it’s presidential electors in a winner-take-all fashion. The only other state to split its electors in that fashion is Maine. But now Democratic leaders in Maine are saying that if Nebraska does this, they will try to do the same thing in the name of “restoring balance.” The choice is up to each of them, of course, but such a decision clearly gives the appearance of being cynical and political in nature. And like everything else in American politics this year, the action is yet again swirling around Donald Trump. (Politico)
If Nebraska Republicans changed their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump this November, a top Maine Democrat…
