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treestar

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30. I wonder could it be done without constitutional amendment

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 08:18 PM

Nov 2020

to change the number of EVs per state to just be their number of house representatives and subtract the two for the Senate. Then it would at least be proportional to population. Wyoming would only get 1 and CA would get 53 so citizens' votes in the two states would be of equal weight per electoral vote.

There's another idea I read today: or add 50 EVs that just go to the PV winner.

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The Final Map - Just Wow [View all] kpete Nov 2020 OP

A little more blue please world wide wally Nov 2020 #1

+1,000,000! dchill Nov 2020 #3

A lot of that red is just dirt StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #6

Martian soil shelshaw Nov 2020 #9

Yep.. mountain grammy Nov 2020 #14

Yep. And cows. I think in 2016 Clinton counties were responsible for 67% of GDP. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #25

But now we got some more of that dirt to turn blue! IronLionZion Nov 2020 #60

Georgia red clay no longer red. wnylib Nov 2020 #65

The Crimson Tide stops at the Bama/Georgia border nt IronLionZion Nov 2020 #67

Agreed JDC Nov 2020 #39

It's bdamomma Nov 2020 #2

We've got 'em surrounded! BComplex Nov 2020 #4

And they're circling the wagons. Showdown. SammyWinstonJack Nov 2020 #15

Let's smoke 'em out. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #23

Maine and Nebraska tell the political story of this nation. Bok_Tukalo Nov 2020 #5

If every state divided up their EVs proportionally genxlib Nov 2020 #8

Would it? Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2020 #24

If they were broken up by congressional district genxlib Nov 2020 #54

I wonder could it be done without constitutional amendment treestar Nov 2020 #30

Alternatively drmeow Nov 2020 #66

Ironically, Romney would have won in 2012 using that model IronLionZion Nov 2020 #61

Still too much of that irritating, red rash. nt Progressive Jones Nov 2020 #7

making me cry all over again. AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #10

My condolences to those of you, DUers, that live in red states Butterflylady Nov 2020 #11

Much prefer this version (tho not final) soothsayer Nov 2020 #12

I'd like to see a map of federal revenue paid by state. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2020 #13

I heard on a MSNBC panel the other day SCantiGOP Nov 2020 #62

if everyone saw the that, it'd be clear blue states keep the US afloat. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2020 #68

25 states for tRump is a long way from 45. pazzyanne Nov 2020 #16

So if you're Biden.... bluecollar2 Nov 2020 #17

How about we started honoring the treaties? LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #19

We know this? treestar Nov 2020 #31

Too many right wing whites. There are enough liberal whites in the other places JI7 Nov 2020 #34

Just WOW is right! Hip2bSquare Nov 2020 #18

Keep it coming. warmfeet Nov 2020 #20

Maine has 4 electoral votes mercuryblues Nov 2020 #21

not sure what you mean? Those states are shown cross hatched and the CD EVs are on the right side of Takket Nov 2020 #26

correct, but they are missing the popular votes EVs mercuryblues Nov 2020 #48

I'm feeling a shift today, towards acceptance that Donnie lost. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #22

Not as good as we wanted or expected Amishman Nov 2020 #27

They say that Covid has people leaving cities and moving to more rural areas. I wonder if that Squinch Nov 2020 #28

Next time quakerboy Nov 2020 #29

Amen! It's time to get NC to turn blue. BComplex Nov 2020 #58

Dumbfuckistan has shrunk,,,,,, Cryptoad Nov 2020 #32

it is still sickening how many Americans voted for that POS Trump Skittles Nov 2020 #50

35% brainwashed and +12% married to them and thus brainwashed? Brainfodder Nov 2020 #63

It was a masterful strategy, in a pandemic, with multiple backups bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #33

Im hoping we can keep this map plus Tribetime Nov 2020 #35

Missouri here PinkTiger Nov 2020 #52

You almost voted Obama 08 right? Tribetime Nov 2020 #55

Here's a more accurate map. griffi94 Nov 2020 #36

Meaningless. Trees, soybeans, wheat, corn, cows, hogs, chickens don't vote, people do. Blue_true Nov 2020 #40

I agree. Land doesn't vote. Catherine Vincent Nov 2020 #42

Scroll down in that link -- it's there. JudyM Nov 2020 #64

I think this data map is from the 2016 election. intheflow Nov 2020 #43

Um... Wednesdays Nov 2020 #56

+ 5,349,965 and counting. (nt) klook Nov 2020 #57

That second map is genius. I can't wait to see the 2020 version. nt crickets Nov 2020 #69

It's a landslide and the biggest electoral blowout in history.... sinkingfeeling Nov 2020 #37

That the race was as close as it was truly says a lot of bad things about the Blue_true Nov 2020 #38

That blue looks slowly creeping around the coasts Roc2020 Nov 2020 #41

I love that the new West Blue Wall looks like a mighty arm colorado_ufo Nov 2020 #44

It's not the map we would all like, but... BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #45

I want that whole East Coast. Bleacher Creature Nov 2020 #46

The next Trump move will be to try and get 36 electors to flip. Kablooie Nov 2020 #47

It's so sad that we in the East & Great Lakes are separated by our brothers and sisters in the West catbyte Nov 2020 #49

Looks like a landslide to me! Poiuyt Nov 2020 #51

Nice to see the West Coast "encroaching east" question everything Nov 2020 #53

This map has looked way worse in the past. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #59