Importance of Electoral Votes Split Possibility

The speaker emphasizes the significance of the date of the article, February 28, 2012, illustrating that it was 12 years ago. They highlight an intriguing strategy of splitting electoral votes used by the Obama campaign in Nebraska in 2008. The speaker mentions the possibility of a 269 to 269 electoral vote split and describes the various permutations that could lead to this scenario. The speaker concludes that if no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes, nobody wins, emphasizing the potential for such outcomes in elections.