2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumElectoral vote rigging talk alive again in Michigan
GOP is so scared of HRC that this is all they can do now - rig the electoral college..
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-10/electoral-college-rigging-bill-makes-comeback-in-michigan
Clinton's biggest problem isn't emails, but GOP legislatures who want to rig the 2016 election...
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)what elections should be for their states. Plus it doesn't help that Nebraska and Maine already use this method. If we nationalized the election then none of this would be happening.
Hawaii Hiker
(3,166 posts)likely going back to winner take all per article below.....They still can't accept Obama got 1 vote there in 2008....Keep in mind, if a Democratic candiate wins the one congressional district in NE, its already a landslide election (like 2008 was)...
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/us/politics/blue-dot-for-obama-prompts-red-nebraska-to-revisit-electoral-college-rules.html?_r=0
TheFarseer
(9,328 posts)If one candidate gets beat in CA by 100 votes, the loser getting no credit whatsoever for millions of votes is insane IMO. Of course either party cherry picking certain states, I'm obviously against.
Persondem
(1,936 posts)to death, democracy will not be served. An alternative might be to assign electoral votes proportionally by state. If a candidate get 65% of the vote then they get 65% of the electoral votes.
Gothmog
(145,839 posts)These changes to the electoral college are pure cheating
Cal33
(7,018 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
4. Supremacy of the Military
5. Rampant Sexism
6. Controlled Mass Media
7. Obsession with National Security
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
9. Corporate Power is Protected
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
14. Fraudulent Elections