Pennsylvania proposes allocating electoral votes by Congressional distrct

[Fritz]

Suppose we take pbrower's plan, with one modification- ALL electoral votes awarded proportionately.  No 2 for the winner of the state.  In this case, nearly every 3EV state would award 2 votes to one candidate, and 1 to the other- the exception of course being DC, which tends to vote Democratic in proportions greater than 83.3%.

EDIT: I'm not really being serious here...

[Fritz]

The Colorado story is from 2004.  How did you dig that up?

[Fritz]

So if every state in the nation used the district system of EV allocation ala Maine and Nebraska the Electoral vote count would've been....

1968
Humphrey 189
Nixon 293
Wallace 56

1972
McGovern 64
Nixon 474

1976
Carter 269
Ford 269

1980
Carter 144
Reagan 394

1984
Mondale 71
Reagan 467

1988
Dukakis 158
Bush 380

1992
Clinton 324
Bush 214

1996
Clinton 344
Dole 194

2000
Gore 250
Bush 288

2004
Kerry 221
Bush 317

2008
Obama 301
Mccain 237

Clearly the district system would be beneficial for Republicans overall. 1976 would've been a mess as almost certainly many close districts would've had recounts....if the tie still stood, presumably Carter would've been elected by the House given its large Democratic majority, and especially considering that he won the popular vote.

[Fritz]

From Nate Silver:

Pennsylvania Electoral College Plan Could Backfire on G.O.P.