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Originally Posted by raymor
So if candidate wins half the state, he gets half the electoral votes.
If he wins 10% of the districts, he gets 10% of the electoral votes. Hmm, sounds a lot more democratic. Democracy - how devious.
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Actually is based on districts not total votes. Here is an example right from the article:
"Under the Republican plan, if the GOP presidential nominee carries the GOP-leaning districts but Obama carries the state, the GOP nominee would get 12 electoral votes out of Pennsylvania, but Obama would only get eight?six for winning the blue districts, and two (representing the state's two senators) for winning the state. "
What this does is allow the republicans to redistrict the state any way they want so Obama could win 75% of the vote and still not get as many electoral votes as the republican.
This is another perfect example of why the electoral collage is outdated and rife with potential corruption and needs to be done away with. No more electoral votes. It should be one big nationwide vote, the candidate that gets the most votes wins just like every other election we have.