The palpable anxiety about the closeness of the U.S. presidential election materialized in an unexpected location this year: Lincoln, Nebraska.
After months of action inside the Nebraska State Capitol and a surge of last-minute politicking from national Republican Party figures, on Sept. 24, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen announced he will not call a special session to restore winner-take-all electoral college voting in the Cornhusker state.
Every state but Nebraska and Maine direct all of their electoral votes toward whichever candidate wins the popular vote in that state.
With only weeks until the Nov. 5 general election, political prognosticators in both the Democratic Party and Republican Party are studying the map. They are beginning to believe the Electoral College vote count may be so close that a single vote could be decisive….