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Note that if every state used the Maine/Nebraska system, Trump would be guaranteed to win next week. There would not be another Democratic president for many ye
by WildUtah 10y ago
Note that if every state used the Maine/Nebraska system, Trump would be guaranteed to win next week. There would not be another Democratic president for many years at least.
Obama, for instance, would not have won in 2008 or 2012.
- douche 10y agoIs that because of deliberate gerrymandering, or are Democratic districts so overwhelmingly Democratic that their differentials in their districts currently carry the rest of the state? I.e. an urban district votes 95-5 Democratic, while the rural district votes 55-45 Republican, so under the winner-take-all, both electors go Democrat, vs the other system would be 1-1?
- WildUtah 10y agoIt's mostly a matter of deliberate gerrymandering. In years like 2012 and soon 2016, a large majority of voters pick a Democrat for Congress. In order to keep control of the body, Republicans have arranged the districts so that they are guaranteed to keep a majority regardless of any plausible scenario of how the people may vote.