2012 Election Thread

[lightsandsirens5]

Not a chance at that.

It would mean all of the rural states wouldn't be able to block what all the populated states wanted.

I believe it was Justice Scalia who recently said the current system in the US gave disproportional power to the rural states and would not be sustainable in the future.



I still do not like the idea of the electoral college. I think it is a outdated concept.

Prohibition was.

Disproportionate power to the rural states? My eye!

I beg to differ.

 

[ffemt8978]

The biggest issue is that states are given an elector for every member of Congress. Congressional districts are only used in the House of Representatives while the 2 senators are statewide representatives. At best, you can go district by district and give a bonus 2 electors to whoever wins statewide.

That's the plan that would make the most sense. Each district would get an equal voice, and the overall winner of the state gets the benefit of the additional two electoral votes.