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- Gerrymandering (and this lawsuit) have nothing to do with presidential elections: A state's Electoral College delegation is the result of a state-wide vote[0]
by shaki-dora 9y ago
- Gerrymandering (and this lawsuit) have nothing to do with presidential elections: A state's Electoral College delegation is the result of a state-wide vote[0], and the number is based on the Census.
- You've completely ignored the in-depth reporting of the article. Just consider the headline numbers: In the 2016 House election, Democratic candidates got 52% of the vote in PA, but only 5 of 18 seats (28%).
[0]: Only exception: Nebraska (edit: and Maine, see below (thx!))
- dragonwriter 9y ago> [0]: Only exception: Nebraska Nebraska and Maine both give two EVs to the statewide winner and one EV to the winner of each Congressional district.
- labster 9y agoMany more exceptions are forthcoming, thanks to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact[1]. If enough states agree, these states will cast all of their electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote. [1]: https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/ https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Many more exceptions are forthcoming, thanks to the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact[1]. Maybe, though there is substantial reason to doubt that will meet the require threshold for activation. Still, those would make even per-state votes irrelevant, not make Congressional districts relevant.
- jakeogh 9y agoBad idea. How quickly we forget that party in Boston.