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The constitution requires a representative system of government. That is met with a winner take all situation because the electors are chosen in a system that o
by anon291 2y ago
The constitution requires a representative system of government. That is met with a winner take all situation because the electors are chosen in a system that only assesses the votes of the citizens of that state (you elect a whole slate of electors rather than a single one). Another representative system of choosing electors is having state senates just pick who the electors will vote for, because that is also representative of the citizens of the state (just multiple layers of representation).
Choosing electors based on another state's vote however is not representative.
- brookst 2y agoI mean it kinda sorta makes sense, but it is not an argument that anyone else has advanced. I think you're seeing a non-existent conflict between that state governments be representative (Article IV, Section 4) with the right for states to appoint electors "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct" (Article II, Section 1).