Vice President Kamala Harris’ path to victory in the state of Maine just got a bit more bumpy as one of the swing districts that contains a number of pivotal electoral votes is slipping right through her fingers. You love to see it. You really do.
Democrats in Maine acknowledged Friday, according to Trending Politics News, that they might not have enough time to switch up their delegate apportionment rules after Republicans in Nebraska pulled a similar move in order to benefit their nominee, former President Donald Trump. You have to be creative while remaining in the confines of the law in order to beat the radical left. They aren’t going to play by the rules at all, but if we employ their same tactics, that means we’re just as bad as they are. And that’s just simply not true. We must faithfully abide by our principles and the rule of law.
Each state allots a portion of its delegates based on which presidential candidates wins its respective congressional districts. The admission was made by Democratic House Majority Leader Maureen Terry who on Friday told The Bulwark that it’s “very likely” her party missed the window to make the change. That could greatly narrow Harris’s path to the presidency. After previously mothballing a plan to change delegate allotment, Nebraska Republicans in recent weeks ramped up efforts to switch to a strict winner-take-all format after Trump surrogates began pressuring hold-outs to vote for the change. Recent polling in the state’s second district gives Harris a lead between 4 and 5%, according to FiveThirtyEight, though Trump advisors ostensibly believe that his path to carrying the entire state is closer than the polls suggest. The change would irreparably damage Harris’s strategy for winning the election while absorbing losses in all swing states except Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan, one that depends on picking up a single Electoral College vote from the Omaha district. If that scenario played out, Harris and Trump could wind up deadlocked 269-269, with the Republican-controlled U.S. House constitutionally authorized to pick the next president.
Back in April, Terry told reporters that Maine Democrats would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness” if that change in Nebraska were made; unfortunately, Maine’s constitution only allows a bill to become law 90 days after it’s passed. The November 5th election is just 47 days away while the deadline for counting votes by the Electoral College is 87 days away. Circumventing the 90-day rule would require a two-thirds vote by the state legislature, which Democrats don’t have the numbers for. “So who knows where that lands us,” Terry told the outlet. “We haven’t had any discussions with any of our Republicans.”
Trump’s campaign has been sniffing out an on opportunity over the last several weeks and has sent U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, to the city of Omaha, where he met and lobbied with former Democrat State Sen. Mike McDonnell, to get him to join the majority party members that would like to see Nebraska become a winner-take-all state. McDonnell represents the district of Omaha. And it seems whatever Graham is doing out there, it’s working, as the state senator is warming up to the pitch he’s been made, according to the South Carolina Republican. Graham stated that he witnessed a shift in how McDonnell is thinking about the vote, which is coming up soon.
“Five people attending the meeting confirmed that McDonnell told the group he was looking for a way to get to yes, though he expressed concerns,” the Nebraska Examiner said in its article on the topic.
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