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In reply to the discussion: Breaking: Legal Team Led by David Boies and LULAC Files Lawsuits Challenging Winner-Take-All Approa [View all]unblock
(52,181 posts)8. i think it would be bad for the democratic party.
we would lose a lot of californian and new york electoral votes, for example.
republicans would lose a lot of texas votes, but we're getting close to flipping texas anyway, and in fact this would reduce that prize.
much depends on if electoral votes were allocated proportionally, or if they were done by congressional district plus two at large (the way maine and nebraska already allocate theirs). if it's by congressional district, then gerrymandering messes with everything.
either way, small states still have disproportionate influence.
one plus would be that it would shift campaigning away from being so heavily concentrated in a small number of "battleground states".
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Breaking: Legal Team Led by David Boies and LULAC Files Lawsuits Challenging Winner-Take-All Approa [View all]
Gothmog
Feb 2018
OP
Why stop there? While we're at it, let's change us to a parlimentary system of government. :-
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2018
#31
What does have promising support is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Demit
Feb 2018
#27
But governorship and senate seats can't be shared, so that's irrelevant
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2018
#42
well i'm certainly liking what's going on in pennsylvania regarding gerrymandered districts
unblock
Feb 2018
#44
The is the originalist approach. Times change. Like with firearms from 200 years ago and today.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2018
#17
"Equal Protection" was falsely cited in Bush v. Gore; now it's time to right that.
lagomorph777
Feb 2018
#37