How is the district method different than the winner take all method electoral votes?

Since the

election of 1824, most states have appointed their electors on a

winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on

Election Day. Maine and Nebraska are the only two current

exceptions, as both states use the congressional district method.

In a winner-take-all state, all of the state's Electoral votes go

to whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or

a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than

any other candidate). Maine and Nebraska use the "congressional

district method", selecting one elector within each congressional

district by popular vote and awarding two electors by a statewide

popular vote.