Did You Know? Every state except Maine and Nebraska has a winner-take-all electoral vote system. In this system, where the winner of the popular vote in the state receives all of the state’s electoral votes.
Maine and Nebraska award 2 votes to the winner of the popular vote in the state. The additional votes (in Maine 2 more, in Nebraska 3 more) are awarded according to the candidate who wins in each congressional district.
In practice, the candidate who wins the statewide vote usually wins in each of the congressional districts. However in 2016 Maine split its votes, and in 2020, both states did so.