Electoral College Reform Idea

[Nym90]

It tended to screw the Republican party when Democrats were still the majority. It cuts both ways.

I'll have to find the source for this, but I recall reading that before the Republicans won control of the House of Representatives in 1992, that'd they'd actually had more total votes in the house races for something like the last 10-12 years.

I don't know the totals offhand, but I highly doubt that Republicans could have won more votes than Democrats in the 1980s in House races. The Democratic majorities at that time were much larger than the Republican majorities have ever been since. The only way this MIGHT be possible is if votes cast in unopposed races weren't counted (many states do not release vote totals for unopposed races, since they figure there is no point). This fact makes a national comparison of the two parties' vote totals difficult to do accurately.

[Nym90]

Since it seems that it is primarily Democrats who push for a change in the electoral college.  Let them lead by example:  Why not have the statres that Democrats most frquently win: MA, CA, IL, NY, NJ, CT all adopt proportional allotment of Electoral votes.  That would produce a more democratic result since EV would be allocated based on how all the people voted, not just to the winner.

So basically the Democrats must take a system that is rigged against them, and make it worse?

If they beleve in principles over crass politics, yes

But it would only be fairer if every state adopts it. If only states that favor one party adopt it, and states that favor the other party don't, then it ends up being much less fair as it tilts heavily in favor of one side. So the whole argument of it being a fairer way to distribute the electoral votes no longer applies.