re: #158 KGxvi

This is one of the reasons why I think a push to abolish the EC should be made in more general terms… specifically by pointing out that for most people, your vote doesn’t actually matter. If you’re a Republican in New York or California, doesn’t matter. If you’re a Democrat in Idaho or Utah or Wyoming, doesn’t matter. And as a result, it probably drives down turn out - why vote if you know the rest of your state is going to vote for the other side?

We could solve the electoral college problem without a constitutional amendment. Just enlarge the House.

The last time we expanded the House, to its current 435, was 1927. The population of the country was less than 130 million that year. If we up the House to 700 or 800, then EC results would line up with the popular vote.

There’d still be the problem of the Senate, with 70% of the seats being for States that have 30% of the people… but at least the EC would be okay.