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[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Not Me
Perhaps but under the current system, all the electoral votes in CA go to the Dems. At least for the period of time that I can remember.

I think that there are some good things about the electoral college and some bad things and the NE/MA system seems to me to be a decent compromise between a popular vote and an electoral college vote. I don't know if I would be in favor of abolishing the electoral college or not. I see the point of it in a diverse nation.

If you get rid of the electoral college, I think the next step would be a move to have the Senate apportioned like the House is.

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?