shouldn't do winner takes all

as it devalues the individuals vote

and makes the election less representative of the nation

So they should put the electors on the ballot instead of the POTUS candidates?

thats an idea.

some places do that i think

but still, if there are no electors that would vote your way, what would that do?

I don't know how many states did that even in the early days of the US.

there is a bit of a problem i suppose in that electors are bound to vote for the winner of the popular vote or face fines, but they do so on an individual level

basically they should assign the electors based on the percentage of the popular vote inside of the state, not give the person with .5% more votes all of the electors.

I suppose you can write in an elector then.

meaning its not like they tell each elector "here is who you vote for"

which is what this would require changing

not really

yes, because how does each elector know who the other voted to make sure things get spread based off percent

each elector, as i understand it, is an individual

i like nebraska and maine's system

Winner-take-all makes perfect sense when the voters only get to vote for 1 President.

i don;t think they know who who the others vote for

@devpav as i demonstrated above, winner takes all can change the election drastically

Of course every election is sensitive to the specific rules of the election. You don't have to demonstrate that.

candidates give a list of 55 (or whatever the number of electors for the state is) people for the state that they want as electors, electors get in from top to bottom of that list according to the percentage of votes their candidate got. after that proceed the same way you do now.

I would *like* to see some big states adopt the nebraska system on their own.

florida would be so much less stressful

Yeah, Florida was literally incapable of choosing a President in 2000.

from what i can tell florida is literally incapable of counting

You mean counting correctly*

florida is gonna dissolve into the ocean, who cares

You just have to recount until you get the result you want

then it is accurate.

its just a giant alka seltzer

It really is bizarre how close and indecisive Florida elections are.

It isnt

The south has more cities, the north has more rural.

Heh, apparently Broward County will recount until it likes the result.

The elderly also help offset the heavy city infulence.

Since older tends to vote more conservative.

"s bizarre how close and indecisive Florida elections"

3 words:

Orlando, Miami, Tampa

4 really:

Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Swampland

Better than the Soviet socialist republic of California

The Socialist Republic of Seattle is pretty bad in that reguard too