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re: What is the argument for the electoral college instead of a popular vote?
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:45 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:45 am to TheCaterpillar
I don't like it. What is the mechanism for reappropriating EVs as the population grows and shifts?
It would make more sense to allow one EV per congressional district with the elected congressperson acting as that district's elector - winner take all. The structure is already there for it and I think you would get better turnout because red voters in deep blue states would feel as their vote counted more(and vice versa) since it wouldn't be winner take all at the state level. Right now, we essentially have three cities (NYC, Chi, and LA)controlling about 40% of the EV needed to hit 270. This is the very thing the EC was supposed to prevent.
It would make more sense to allow one EV per congressional district with the elected congressperson acting as that district's elector - winner take all. The structure is already there for it and I think you would get better turnout because red voters in deep blue states would feel as their vote counted more(and vice versa) since it wouldn't be winner take all at the state level. Right now, we essentially have three cities (NYC, Chi, and LA)controlling about 40% of the EV needed to hit 270. This is the very thing the EC was supposed to prevent.
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Posted on 11/8/16 at 12:53 pm to Vacherie Saint
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It would make more sense to allow one EV per congressional district with the elected congressperson acting as that district's elector - winner take all.
I think that would be great in theory. Though with the current congressional redistricting method, where whoever controls the house gets full control of drawing the districts, that would need to change. There needs to be a bipartisan commission to do it. Gerrymandering is a major problem.
Posted on 11/8/16 at 1:14 pm to Vacherie Saint
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It would make more sense to allow one EV per congressional district with the elected congressperson acting as that district's elector - winner take all. The structure is already there for it and I think you would get better turnout because red voters in deep blue states would feel as their vote counted more(and vice versa) since it wouldn't be winner take all at the state level. Right now, we essentially have three cities (NYC, Chi, and LA)controlling about 40% of the EV needed to hit 270. This is the very thing the EC was supposed to prevent.
thats how it should be.
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