second congressional district (11. 861)

Though GOP efforts to change balloting procedures in crucial swing states like Georgia and North Carolina are likely to fail and have no impact on the outcome with laws in place preventing last-minute alterations given that early voting has already started, a pressure campaign in Nebraska could prove pivotal, this state and Maine being the only jurisdictions that don’t allocate electoral college votes by the spoils system where the winner takes them all but by congressional districts. Not splitting the ticket between rural and urban areas, could according to some strategists’ calculations of several scenarios, increase the chances of resulting in an electoral college tie, which sends the vote to the House of Representatives, which by some estimates advantages Trump over Harris. Democrats, for their part with the party in power setting the conditions, would also be be emboldened to change the rules in order to prevent such bald gamesmanship, further eroding confidence in the process.