Back of the envelope math, off Census Bureau 2018 population estimates: doubling the size of the House would, without any other changes, raise the 4 largest states from 28.4% to 30.6% of the Electoral College, while reducing the 15 smallest states & DC from 10.6% to 8.8%,
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Yeah, Dan, don’t overthink it. If you weight every vote equally—and there is a heavy burden in those who think each vote should *not* be weighted equally—than the candidate who gets the most votes is the most legitimate.
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Surely a candidate who got at least 42% in nearly every state has more than just regional appeal? Also, 96% of his votes were outside Texas: the popular vote victory wasn't *just* because of that lopsided result.
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Fascinating history, but not a good argument in defense of the EC. With a different vote distribution, it could have been the EC giving the win to Cleveland despite his (mostly) regional appeal.
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If you like the electoral college so much, perhaps you should start a movement for your state to use it for gubernatorial elections. Or your kids student council President elections. Or your town’s mayoral elections.
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