The San Diego Union Tribune Editorial board correctly faults
the current “winner-take-all” electoral college system for the Presidency.
Under this program, certain states end up getting locked up under one party
while eight swing states get all the attention.
However, the editorial board’s proposed reform, popular
election, is not the best method to reinvigorate the process, since the
President must represent the states as well as the people. Instead, the
Congressional District Method is a
better method. Under this process, every state would allocate one electoral
vote to each Congressional district in the state. The winner of the state-wide
popular vote would win two electoral votes, based on the two Senators. This
method is already in place in Nebraska and Maine, and at one time was up for
discussion in Pennsylvania.
By attaching one electoral vote to each Congressional district
in every state, the Congressional District method would force candidates to
visit more states and sway prospective voters in every region. This reform
would definitely put California in play, with Republican votes up for grabs in
the South and West compared to the more dominant
liberal constituencies in Los Angeles and San Francisco, which up to know have
turned California into a Democratic stronghold.
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