The EC has given the small states too much power in proportion to their population. Unfortunately, abolishing it and not replacing it would make the small states irrelevant, which is just as bad. (Consider that the Boston metro area more population than VT, NH, and ME combined.)
My proposal for EC reform?
-- Get rid of the concept of "winner-take-all." Divide the EC votes a candidate gets from a state in proportion to the % of the vote they got in that state. (Example: You have three candidates, A, B, and C. A gets 55% of the votes in state X, with 20 EC votes, so he gets 11 EC votes. B gets 40%, so she gets 8 EC votes. C gets 5%, so it gets 1 EC vote.)
-- Base representation in the House on voting population, rather than actual population. (Would give an incentive to increase voter turnout.)
-- Cut the number of senators per state in half. (Cuts into the power of the smaller states without making them completely irrelevant.)
-- Require that a candidate win both the popular and EC vote to become president. (If the top candidate does not have a majority in the popular vote, have a revote two weeks later, between the top two finishers.)
Now, if I were living in Boston right now, I'd be advocating the total abolition of the EC.
My proposal for EC reform?
-- Get rid of the concept of "winner-take-all." Divide the EC votes a candidate gets from a state in proportion to the % of the vote they got in that state. (Example: You have three candidates, A, B, and C. A gets 55% of the votes in state X, with 20 EC votes, so he gets 11 EC votes. B gets 40%, so she gets 8 EC votes. C gets 5%, so it gets 1 EC vote.)
-- Base representation in the House on voting population, rather than actual population. (Would give an incentive to increase voter turnout.)
-- Cut the number of senators per state in half. (Cuts into the power of the smaller states without making them completely irrelevant.)
-- Require that a candidate win both the popular and EC vote to become president. (If the top candidate does not have a majority in the popular vote, have a revote two weeks later, between the top two finishers.)
Now, if I were living in Boston right now, I'd be advocating the total abolition of the EC.
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