August 17, 200422 yr Colorado has certified the "Electoral College Reform Initiative" for the ballot in November, better known as the "Make Your Vote Count" proposal. If this initiative passes, effective with this election the electoral votes will be distributed according to the percentage of the popular vote in Colorado rather than the usual winner-take-all format. Hopefully this passes and is a harbinger of future electoral college reform.
August 17, 200422 yr Colorado has certified the "Electoral College Reform Initiative" for the ballot in November, better known as the "Make Your Vote Count" proposal. If this initiative passes, effective with this election the electoral votes will be distributed according to the percentage of the popular vote in Colorado rather than the usual winner-take-all format. Hopefully this passes and is a harbinger of future electoral college reform. 515351[/snapback] That could be a great idea!
August 17, 200422 yr Have you considered what the impact on campaign spending and lengths of campaigning is when every state has electoral votes in play? Seems to me elections would become dramatically more expensive and campaigns much longer. 515363[/snapback] You bring up a good point, but at the same thing I think this is a good idea. I live in Illinois, and as a Republican, my vote for President will pretty much NEVER count since this state is always going to vote Democrat in the Presidential election. I think this is a great idea, and I hope this proposal passes in Colorado, and eventually, in Illinois, so everybody's vote actually does count.
August 17, 200422 yr Maine & Nebraska already use a district system. Electoral votes are granted for each congressional district won instead of the whole state. In addition, the winner of the popular vote in the state is granted 2 electoral votes.
August 17, 200422 yr i'd agree with that. so yes the cost & time question is an issue, but it could also get candidates to visit & campaign in all states (for whatever that's worth), & not feel they can skip some because they're historically always red or blue...
August 18, 200422 yr Author The problem with a "finer granularity" (which is all this really is) is it invites Gerrymandering on a massive scale. We could see redistricting on a regular basis trying to swing a small majority for the most districts. 515653[/snapback] I was under the impression that with the Colorado thing, the electoral votes were allocated via percentage of votes.
August 18, 200422 yr this move scares me. 515546[/snapback] Agreed 515715[/snapback] Why? 516154[/snapback] For reasons already stated.....Because of the possibility of even bigger debacles (yeah, I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong) in elections.
August 18, 200422 yr gerrymandering would be a problem if it were divided into districts....i dont know which it would be...% or districts
August 18, 200422 yr I'm guessing they'd do it in percents, because doing it in districts is asking for trouble.
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