Political Socialization, Media, And Public Opinion Practice Test

Electoral votes can be allocated in different ways; when the allocation depends on who wins individual districts and the overall state, you’re looking at the district system. In this arrangement, each congressional district awards one electoral vote to the candidate who wins that district, and the remaining two electors go to the candidate who wins the statewide popular vote. This is the method used by Maine and Nebraska. The phrase in the question matches this approach, which contrasts with winner-take-all (where all votes go to the statewide winner) and with proportional representation (which would allocate votes roughly in line with overall party shares) or with simply describing districts as units without specifying the allocation rule. So the district system best fits the scenario described.