What about using the following for the electoral college. A State can split itself into sub-States as long as all sub-States have a population larger than the smallest State
sub-States are basically the districts of the system Each sub-State is allocated votes in proportion to the square root of the sub-State's population and either approves or disapproves each candidate (voting the entire allocation for that choice) Each voter can approve or disapprove of each candidate (or neither) If a candidate gets more approves than disapproves, the sub-State approves the candidate. Otherwise, the sub-State disapproves the candidate The votes for each candidate is the sum of the votes of sub-States which approve less the sum of the votes allocated to the sub-States which disapprove The candidate with the highest total wins unless the candidate gets more than 0, in which case (re-run election, House picks, incumbant is re-elected ??). The winner would probably win the popular approval vote, but would still need to have distributed support. ----------------------------------------------------------- A State can either vote as a single block or split into sub-States and get more voting power. However, if the State is split, it is less likely that all sub-States would vote the same as the State would overall. I wonder would states vote as a block or split. Also, if a State was to split itself into sub-States where each sub-State could go either way, the State will likely attract campaign attention and in addition to having a higher total vote. (though that may be thinking of a two-party system) It is slightly range, as approve = +1, disapprove = -1 and none=0. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
