Republican bid to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump fails

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : A tie scenario could have arisen if Trump earned five electoral votes - rather than four, as expected under the present set-up - from winning Nebraska, then won the four "Sun belt" states of North Carolina, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona, while the vice-president carried the northern battlegrounds of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
43% : Nebraska's Republican legislators, egged on by Republicans on Capitol Hill, proposed to change the distribution of electors to ensure that Trump would be awarded all five electoral votes if, as expected, he wins the solidly pro-Republican state.
43% : Related: Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska voting rules to help TrumpIn a statement, McDonnell, who had seemed to wavering in recent days from his earlier vow not to vote to restore the winner-takes-all system, made it plain that he had not moved from his original position.

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