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Electoral Votes. The way it is now, (Except Maine & Neb) A State, (48 of them,) depending on it’s ‘total’ votes Gives ALL of that States, Electoral votes TO, the highest State Vote.
Take, Calf, 55, Electoral votes. A, Safe State for the Democrats. (Like Minn, where they have 10 Electoral votes)
In Calf, counties like LA, and SF, Hugely Overwhelmed the % of votes. (Surprising S. Diego. was very close), of the State.
Out of the 58 Counties, (this is stats from the 2012 election) 26 Counties, voted R, and 32 voted D. (Don’t know where the District Lines are),
But think of this: What If, Calf was like Maine or Neb. (Where the, popular vote, carries the Electoral vote, by how, THAT, District, votes. And two Electoral Votes, are how the State Votes) So, 2 for the D, (By the State) and say 2/3’s of districts are D. (=35 E.C. Votes) But, 18, E.C. Votes, are R. (Yes Lost, and the Troll, their is a 1/2, Just rounded it off for example.)
So the final tally would have been, D = 37 R = 18 / Not, D. = 55 & R. = 0 ( In Minn, (their 10 EC Votes), it would have been, a 5 - 5 split.)
Take JUST, those two States. JUST those two, it would be: D = 42. R. = 23. Rather Significant difference between, 65-D / 0- R.
Now a Lot of talk, about, doing Only the Popular Vote, and a lota talk about staying the same.
Guess what, Is up to the STATE, to decide. Yep the STATE !!!!!!!! (Remember that little thing, about, ’States Rights”?)
The Electoral Collage system, is, IN the Constitution. So to take it out, would require a 2/3’s vote, and many years. But NOTHING, said of HOW, the STATE, decides how the E.C. Votes are decided.
So, you in N. Calf, get to work on it. I will start in Minn.
Any Other people, gonna put down the Pizza, turn off the T.V. and work on their State ?
ME/NE, allocate two Electoral Votes to the popular vote winner in the State, and then one each to the popular vote winner in each Congressional district in their State.
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