proportional allocation, rather than winner take all, would be the most equitable way to vote, besides the popular vote (which i am not for).
it would also be good if we could have electors per state reflect the actual population of each state.
if every vote in every state had the chance of tipping even one single elector, there would be no reason for people in idaho and california not to vote because they knew how their state was going. no matter how a state was going, their vote might just tip that one point.
give each state 1 EV per 100,000 residents. then wyoming is worth 6 EVs, and california is worth 388. it would take 1595 to win, instead of 270. the rural counties would have just as much say as the metropolitan counties, a single city like portland could not exert total control over a state like oregon, which happens currently.
might even force the candidates into focusing on more states, instead of just 7-9 key swing states.
i haven't done the math but some formula like that makes sense.
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just to add my 2 cents on the EC.
some people have asked "what difference does it make where a person lives?".
well it wouldn't make a difference if there were no states, but that's not the way our government was formed from the start.
for whatever reasons, some i can imagine but i've actually never heard why, we formed "states" that were/are united by a federation.
so on paper each state is actually a country that is a member of a union (socialism anyone?
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that's why there is such a thing as "state's rights".
so makes sense that each member state of the federation has some weight in the rule making. otherwise why be a member?
like in the European Union Ireland shouldn't have to live by rules France makes just because France has more people, if things were left to just a popular vote, France would be ruling Ireland, so why would Ireland want to join or remain in such a union?
same with the states. we could go with just the popular vote if you abolish "States" and make the country just America and not the United States.
something like Uncle Buck suggests makes sense because it preserves State's rights.