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Beefalow and the Consumer
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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 26, 2016, 10:31:58 PM »

Yeah, if PA did this, Hillary could win it by double digits and still get fewer EVs than Trump, or only break even. Not exactly fair.

It's gerrymandered to hell and back.
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Beefalow and the Consumer
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 9,123
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Political Matrix
E: -2.77, S: -8.78

« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2016, 06:38:23 PM »

More states should adopt electoral vote allocation by CD. Makes things interesting.

Nebraska and Maine have some justification because the two districts are different.

Gerrymandered districts intended to alter the partisan basis of representation in Congress could be construed to distort the popular vote. Congressional districts are usually seen as arbitrary entities with no other legal significance.

Would any elections outcomes have changed if every state went to CD allocation?  I think 2000 wouldn't have.

I'm too lazy to compile this, though so...
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