About Electoral Votes 2024

While most states follow a winner-take-all rule for electoral votes, Maine and Nebraska also split some of their votes by congressional district, according to Wikipedia. Currently in 2024 in Maine, 2 electoral votes are awarded to the statewide winner, plus 1 vote in each of their 2 congressional districts, for a total of 4. In the more populated state of Nebraska, 2 electoral votes are awarded to the statewide winner, plus 1 vote in each of their 3 congressional districts, for a total of 5.

Updated: If you are searching for the 2024 results of Maine and Nebraska’s split electoral votes, or better examples of how news organization visualize this, see the AP News electoral map or the Bloomberg News electoral map.

How you enter these results into a Datawrapper choropleth map depends on the type of electoral map background you choose. In the USA > Electoral College 2024 (conventional) background map, the congressional district (CD) votes for Maine (ME) and Nebraska (NE) must be shown together, even if they are split between different candidates. In the hypothetical scenario below, the 3 Nebraska Congressional District votes (NECD) were split between candidates X & Y, which you should represent with a different color (typically purple) than states won by only one candidate (typically red or blue).

State Votes Winner
ME 2 X
MECD 2 X
NE 2 Y
NECD 3 X & Y

By contrast, in the USA > Electoral College 2024 (hexagons) background map, electoral votes appear separately for each statewide winner and congressional district, so you can enter those results on separate lines and represent them with standard colors (typically red or blue).

State Votes Winner
ME 2 X
MECD1 1 X
MECD2 1 X
NE 2 Y
NECD1 1 X
NECD2 1 Y
NECD3 1 Y