More GOP state legislators pushing bills to split EVs by CD (now in MN and VA)

[Mr. Morden]

This bill in MN:

http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/2017/01/25/minnesota-legislature-considers-change-in-electoral-vote-allocation/

And this bill in VA:

http://wtkr.com/2017/01/24/bill-would-end-virginias-winner-take-all-electoral-vote-system/

[mencken]

Minnesota Republicans will look pretty stupid in about a decade.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

[publicunofficial]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

You are a hack, but you're an honest hack and you have my respect.

[GlobeSoc]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

Lol

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm sure Govs. McAuliffe and Dayton are just ready to sign these. Dumb.

[Person Man]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

You are a hack, but you're an honest hack and you have my respect.

Santander is to the right of the entire concept of America. Too America for America! You have to respect that!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm sure Govs. McAuliffe and Dayton are just ready to sign these. Dumb.

Honestly, I'm not convinced Dayton shouldn't sign it since it could backfire spectacularly on Republicans in a decade.

Based on what? That the parts of the state losing population swung R and the parts actually growing swung D, and that the non-white population has already doubled this century and is still growing?

[publicunofficial]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

You are a hack, but you're an honest hack and you have my respect.

Santander is to the right of the entire concept of America. Too America for America! You have to respect that!

ER is against is so anti immigrant that he's even against the concept of people moving from one state to the other.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

You are a hack, but you're an honest hack and you have my respect.

Santander is to the right of the entire concept of America. Too America for America! You have to respect that!

ER is against is so anti immigrant that he's even against the concept of people moving from one state to the other.

Not what I said.  I'm just against people moving to a different state if they will not adopt the culture of that other state.  Likewise, someone shouldn't move from, say, Alabama to California, unless they actually want to be a Californian (an all that that entails).  I'm actually pro-immigration on principle, but I am very, very against immigration without total assimilation.

[LONG LIVE KING DONALD I]

Minnesota republicans are retarded.

CNN exit poll showed that the youth in their state actually voted more Republican than their elderly. The trends are in your favor! Sad!

[SCNCmod]

So instead of getting closer to the popular vote... they want to go the opposite direction (which is the effect this would have)

[(Still) muted by Kalwejt until March 31]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

[Ljube]

I support this in Virginia and oppose it in Minnesota

[Figueira]

This is blatantly undemocratic and I oppose it everywhere (normal).

[Nyvin]

The right thing to do would be repeal the laws in Maine and Nebraska that already have EV's split by district.

Gerrymandering should not play a role in the Presidential Election.

ER is against is so anti immigrant that he's even against the concept of people moving from one state to the other.

Not what I said.  I'm just against people moving to a different state if they will not adopt the culture of that other state.  Likewise, someone shouldn't move from, say, Alabama to California, unless they actually want to be a Californian (an all that that entails).  I'm actually pro-immigration on principle, but I am very, very against immigration without total assimilation.

You realize how impractical this is right?  You honestly expect some 55yr old conservative man to move from Alabama to California and suddenly become a liberal?   How exactly would that work?  They go to California training camps or something?

[Mr. Morden]

ER is against is so anti immigrant that he's even against the concept of people moving from one state to the other.

Not what I said.  I'm just against people moving to a different state if they will not adopt the culture of that other state.  Likewise, someone shouldn't move from, say, Alabama to California, unless they actually want to be a Californian (an all that that entails).  I'm actually pro-immigration on principle, but I am very, very against immigration without total assimilation.

You realize how impractical this is right?  You honestly expect some 55yr old conservative man to move from Alabama to California and suddenly become a liberal? 

No, not become a liberal.  He just needs to start surfing and eating Mexican food.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Terrible idea.  Allocating electoral votes in states that big would be a mess.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Terrible idea.  Allocating electoral votes in states that big would be a mess.

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Allocating electoral votes by, frequently gerrymandered, districts is a terrible idea in general. For all it's flaws, winner-takes-all is still better.

[The Arizonan]

What if electoral votes were allocated based on the percentage of the vote earned in each state and whether the candidate won the state?

If Minnesota decided to split electoral votes this way, Hillary Clinton would have won six, two at-large and four for half of the rest.

[Figueira]

What if electoral votes were allocated based on the percentage of the vote earned in each state and whether the candidate won the state?

If Minnesota decided to split electoral votes this way, Hillary Clinton would have won six, two at-large and four for half of the rest.

The problem with that is that it only benefits parties who are the opposite of their state's presidential vote (not counting swing states) of which there are none right now.

[AndyHogan14]

What if electoral votes were allocated based on the percentage of the vote earned in each state and whether the candidate won the state?

If Minnesota decided to split electoral votes this way, Hillary Clinton would have won six, two at-large and four for half of the rest.

I would be fine with this as long every state does it. In no way should my state (California) split its EVs if Texas is unwilling to do so. That said, we should never split via congressional district for all of the obvious reasons.