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Date Posted: 00:50:31 09/22/02 Sun
Author: Grumpy˛
Author Host/IP: 155-41.poccpe.cableone.net / 24.116.155.41
Subject: Re: What's it all about?
In reply to: Donk 's message, "Re: What's it all about?" on 23:35:15 09/21/02 Sat

The Electoral College, according to the 2000 results, is quite heavily skewed in favor of small states, even with the winner-take-all aspect of the election disregarded. A visit to Electoral College 2000 and a little elementary math will show that several states with 4 or 5 electors are over-represented, based on population percentages, while a number of the larger states are under-represented. For instance, New Jersey with 3.11% of the population, should have 16 electors, but only has 15. By contrast, Oklahoma has 8 electors, but by population should only have 7; Utah, with 5 electors, has only .69% of the population, and is therefore only entitled to 4. Two states currently apportion electors by congressional district, with two selected at large, (the same way we elect Senators and Representatives) so that whichever candidate wins a district wins an elector from that district. Such an arrangement preserves all the power the smaller states should have, while restoring a meaningful franchise to a vast number of voters.

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