Well, even in the legislative branches, your party could get 10% of votes in 3 states and still not get any representation. As I understand it, all of your vot

Well, even in the legislative branches, your party could get 10% of votes in 3 states and still not get any representation. As I understand it, all of your votes must be concentrated in a single district to get any representation. Hence, you end up with two choices.