Awarding electoral college votes on a winner-take-all basis by gerrymandered Congressional district may be even worse than doing it by entire state
If we're going to keep the Electoral College, votes should be awarded proportionally within each state for ALL states
If we're going to keep the Electoral College, votes should be awarded proportionally within each state for ALL states
https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1349021642190688258
Note that proportional electoral college vote allocation would make it more likely that no party would have 270 electoral votes, in which we'd see coalitions form, as in every other democracy, with small parties to get over 270
It would also be wise to change the crazy way the House decides elections (one vote for each state Congressional delegation), but EV coalitions would likely avoid elections going to the House unless...
A party thinks it can win there (with control of a majority of state delegations) is able to spurn other parties to take the presidency without a coalition
But that won't work if the other major party can win with a coalition of EC votes from smaller parties, so it would be rare
But that won't work if the other major party can win with a coalition of EC votes from smaller parties, so it would be rare
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