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2016 Postmortem

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(47,486 posts) Tue Jan 17, 2017, 02:30 PM Jan 2017

The electoral college [View all]

Before we put this forum to rest, we may want to think about the electoral college.

No, it will not be abolished. Not any time soon.

But there was a lot of talk about the disproportional power of small state. One reason is because each state has two senators, whether it is Wyoming and Vermont with about 600,000 people, or California with 38 million.

It would not have changed the results this time, but I think that we need to change the number of electors to 435, the same as the members of congress.

Thus, the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana each will have 1 vote, instead of 3.

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It still requires an amendment to the Constitution... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #1

Right. Congress can only change the number of EVs by changing the number of House seats FBaggins Jan 2017 #6

I haven't checked but wouldn't that require a constitutional ammendment? TexasProgresive Jan 2017 #2

You would need 3/4 th's of the state legislatures to agree to make that change Yupster Jan 2017 #3

We really don't know how things would have played out... Joe941 Jan 2017 #4

I understand this question everything Jan 2017 #5

Either way you are asking small states to cede more power to the large states Lurks Often Jan 2017 #8

true, but in general the reds have more "small" states, so they definitely will not let the EC go, o TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #10

They already do. Because they are more populous question everything Jan 2017 #11

The EC isn't going anywhere anytime soon Lurks Often Jan 2017 #13

If I had my way Exilednight Jan 2017 #7

I like this idea (nt) question everything Jan 2017 #12

eliminate the EC, or blue states should just secede. nt TheFrenchRazor Jan 2017 #9