Hallo, Greg wrote (21 Oct 2008):
> My understanding -- though I can't find the information > on this at the moment -- is that in prior attempts to > abolish the Electoral College, the votes from legislators > in small states didn't differ significantly from the > votes in large states. This is what Wikipedia says: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)#The_Bayh-Celler_Amendment > The lead objectors to the Amendment were mostly Southern > Senators and conservatives from small states, both > Democrats and Republicans, who argued abolishing the > Electoral College would reduce their states' political > influence. Markus Schulze ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
