2012-10-24, 12:38 AM
Sardines Wrote:What system do you believe should supercede the electoral college?
I could probably go on and on about changes that could be made, but to cut things down a bit I will give a TL;DR version.
Government can be notoriously slow at implementing anything and people are scared of dramatic change, so I created a step-by-step. In a nutshell, without excessive detail:
Step 1A: Move to Congressional District based distribution of electoral college votes + extra vote for popular vote winner a la Nebraska and Maine
Step 1B: Less likely politically, award electoral college votes proportionally based on popular vote total in a state without Congressional District constraints
Step 2: Popular vote
Step 3: Democracy?
The winner-take-all format that is currently employed my most states just doesn't seem very democratic to me. One red vote in a big blue ocean doesn't matter; one drop of water in a forest fire doesn't either. I could go on, but I suspect my opinions might be parsed out in later responses + Homecoming Coins need spending.