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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If you award votes proportionately within each state, you are minimizing many of the effects of the electoral college, while preseving the disproportionate influence given to small states. In other words, what's in it for California?
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The way I see it, the Reps have written off CA. They know they won't carry that state in presidential elections. However, the Reps have held the WH far more often than the Dems have since 1970. In the last 34 years, the Dems have only held it 12 years. If CA had electoral votes in play, they would have more influence on the Reps, which I see as the party most likely to hold the WH in the next 34 years.
GWB may not win this election, but when I look at who is up next for either party, I think the GOP field is stronger.
