Al Gore Calls for End of Electoral College

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17. Let me give a little example.

Kansas has a population of about 2.8M. Under my system, that would give them 28 electors divided proportionately. In a hypothetical race, if the Democrat did nothing at all, it would probably split about 18-10 for the Republican. In my system, there would be about 3000 electors, so you would need to win about 1500. A candidate could look at this and say that contesting Kansas might get the race to 16-12 in favor of the Republican. That is a win of 4 electors, and that could be significant.

Kentucky would have 43 electors. Same argument, without campaigning, it might go 26-17 for the Republican. By contesting the state you might get it to 23-20 for the Republican. That is a gain of 6 electors.

47 electors in SC. Same story. I think they would be worth contesting. And if the expected loser doesn't contest at all, there is an incentive for the expected winner to really pile on because that would get the winner extra electors.

It would make the whole thing much more democratic and much less predictable. it would also provide much more of an icentive for voters to go to the polls if they are in a state where the winner is a foregone conclusion.