[Vigilanteman]

Just for fun, I looked it up here and found out the following:

1. 1824 was the first time the states selected presidential electors by popular vote, 18 of them chose said method and 6 kept the state legislature method.
   
2. 1816 was the first time in which no state split electoral votes (although there were a handful of abstentions).
   
3. 1836 was the second time in which no state split electoral votes (no abstentions this time).
   
4. 1832 was the election in which Delaware gave up the state legislature selection method and joined every other state except South Carolina in using the popular vote method.
   
5. South Carolina hung on to the state legislature allocation method until it was readmitted to the union after the Civil War.
   
6. Congressional district allocation method was first introduced by Maine in 1972.
   
7. Nebraska joined Maine in using this method in 1992.
   
8. Accordingly, the winner-take-all by statewide popular vote method has only been used from 1864-1968, or for 104 years of our republic. Even during that 104 years, we've had multiple incidents of states splitting electoral votes for various reasons.

[Lancey Howard]

Thanks!
I appreciate the information. Interesting history.