There are already states that apportion votes by a process similar to this concept, known as the Congressional District Method. Maine and Nebraska.
Personally I think this is a good thing and not because of the political party pushing it. For people like myself, a conservative in New York, my vote at the Presidential level is effectively worthless. I might as well write in a Mongo/Waco Kid ticket and vote for it! At least with this method I would know that my elector would be carrying the majority vote of those in my area, rather than knowing that all of New York would go one way or the other. The same is true for democrats that live in majority red states. I'm surprised it wasn't suggested by Democrats in times when the Republicans held the majority. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > The writer and scientist David Brin discusses this, just with a few > more histrionics. > > http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013/01/when-villains-propose-really-good-idea.html > > But what would happen is that it throws much greater weight > to republican controlled districts (which coupled with the recent sneaky > redistricting attempt) makes this a blatant power grab. > > More on the redistricting coup. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/state-senate-gop-blindsides-democrats-with-redrawn-senate-lines-that-could-reduce-dems-seats/2013/01/21/8b21ed06-6435-11e2-889b-f23c246aa446_story.html > > But in combination with the severe gerrymandering that the Republicans are > getting away with in the state, this turns back the voting demographic > changes in the state for the last 25 years, effectively guaranteeing a > majority of sate electoral votes going to the Republican candidate > regardless of the actual outcome. > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:27 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Question: What's the difference in apportioning electoral votes like this > > by congressional district...vs. just having a straight popular vote??? > > > > I mean, you keep chopping up the electoral into finer and finer > > pieces....eventually you are just left with a single voter. > > > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Does the Republican Party hate American Democracy so much they want to > > > destroy it? This makes me wonder. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-in-virginia-other-states-seeking-electoral-college-changes/2013/01/24/430096e6-6654-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_story.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360438 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
