Official 2020 US Presidential Election Thread

[Mr_Destiny]

Bofferbrauer2 said:

JWeinCom said:

I think they should implement ranked choice voting.  Doing so would would allow you to vote without throwing away your vote.  And, I'm fairly certain that an individual state could elect to do that on their own without the feds input.

Anything other than winner takes all would be an improvement for sure. Even just small baby steps like splitting up a state in several congressional districts would be very appreciated and more representative of the population ant their voting as a whole.

But then the GOP gerrymanders come into play, and you get stuff in 2012 like Romney winning 13/20 EC votes in Pennsylvania while losing its popular vote by 5.5% (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania#By_congressional_district)

He also wins 14 out of 18 EC votes in Ohio, and a majority of electors in Florida, despite losing those states too. Obama gains a dozen votes out of Texas and a few in Arizona and some other states, but overall has a smaller Electoral College lead, or even falls behind. Ranked choice is definitely the way to go.