The Electoral College is a group of people chosen by each state who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States based on how their state’s popular vote went. Pennsylvania is a winner-takes-all state, which means the candidate who wins the popular vote in the state gets all 19 Electoral College votes.

On November 5, voters will elect 538 electors based on state population and representation in Congress. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. The United States registered voters will vote for electors and then the electors will make an Electoral College to elect the new president.

Maine Democrats were supposed to come to her rescue. But a top state official says they likely missed their window.

For months, Nebraska and Maine have engaged in a standoff over possible changes to their electoral college votes, but a missed deadline in Maine means Nebraska Republicans can toss an extra electoral vote to Trump without fear of retaliation from Maine Democrats.

Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden was buoyed by victories in the “blue wall” states of the Upper Midwest,

As Republicans in Nebraska contemplate a significant change to their state’s Electoral College vote distribution to potentially benefit Donald Trump, their counterparts in Maine find themselves with limited options to counterbalance this move.