Posted by Sunnely on November 13, 2000, at 0:09:25
In reply to Re: Some tips for a fair future national election » Sunnely, posted by shellie on November 12, 2000, at 20:33:20
> Sunnely, just curious what you think about keeping the electorial college, but instead of winner takes all, electorial votes in each state go according to proportion of votes cast per candidate. Like in Maine. Is there a disadvantage that I am missing by saying, for example, in a state with ten electorial votes, if Dem candidate gets 60% of vote, he gets 6 electorial votes and 4 votes for the opponent? Shellie
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Hi Shellie,
I think Maine's arrangement is a good idea. If we stay with the electoral votes, every state should follow Maine's formula. "Winner-take-all" in electoral votes, in my opinion, is unfair. With the Winner-Take-All formula, and with the right combination of states, it is possible although statistically improbable, that one can become president by just winning 1 more vote than his/her closest rival. I think you're right that awarding the electoral votes proportionately makes more sense.
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