What do you think would be the best outcome for the US Electoral College?

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outlawauron said:

sethnintendo said:
You just stated it was mainly favored by smaller states. Urban and rural have nothing to do with this. You only favor the system because it still gives republicans a chance for presidency. Each vote needs to be at least true proportional represented in the electoral college if it is to still exist. Throw out the electors and just let the states vote be divided proportionally.

That's exactly how it's setup now.......

Electoral votes are setup by population. More population = more votes.

No, that's not what proportionate representation refers to.  Instead of all the electors of one state voting for the same candidate, they would split their vote in accordance with the proportion of voters within that state.  Think about how Maine and Nebraska split some of their EC votes according to the winner of each congressional district.  The net effect is that these two states behave somewhat like five or six smaller voting bodies (each having fewer votes).  On one hand, these states have a smaller voice in the election results (because of the split voting); on the other hand, it makes it more worthwhile to campaign there as you could hope to swing a portion of the vote even if the entire state would otherwise be stuck at one color.