Republicans declare war on democracy, Virginia legislature to lead the charge

[MODU]

I'm not a fan of either system (winner-takes-all or splitting it by Districts) because in one way or another, a percentage of the voters will be disenfranchised.  You either disenfranchise a large percentage via winner-takes-all or you disenfranchise a small portion by awarding EV's based on Districts.  If I had to choose, I'd stick with winner-takes-all because it forces the candidates to actually "try" and win the State/Commonwealth.  But in the end, I do respect the right for each State/Commonwealth to choose the way they want to award their EV's since there is no Constitutional guideline that dictates one way or another.

[greenforest32]

Looks like it's still alive in Pennsylvania though now they're talking about proportional allocation against the state popular vote as opposed to by Congressional district: http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/02/05/news/doc511084ae52f01290222241.txt

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[Brittain33]

Looks like it's still alive in Pennsylvania though now they're talking about proportional allocation against the state popular vote as opposed to by Congressional district: http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2013/02/05/news/doc511084ae52f01290222241.txt

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That makes sense if they want to get somewhere. The Virginia plan was total overreach, even people who don't care about politics can tell that giving Romney 2/3 of the electoral votes when he loses a state just isn't right. Unfortunately the counter-argument then becomes that campaigns will ignore the state because they'd be fighting for 1 or 2 EVs at most.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I fully support PR in the Electoral College, but obviously not applied selectively to Democratic States. If the GOP want it  in PA, they have to do the same in TX.