Unbelievable. If the Republicans controlled a state, it would be retarded for them not to retain winner take all.
I think you misunderstood what I am saying. Awarding electoral votes by congressional district would do a multitude of things.
1) It gives more people a vote that actually counts. When it comes to presidential elections, only the votes in less than a dozen states matter. Congressional district awarding, would give the vast majority of Americans a say so in voting for president.
2) It would force candidates to campaign everywhere, because every district would count, of course many are solid red or blue, but many more places would see some candidates pass their way. For instance, the dems start with 52 EV for CA before the voting even begins, even though there are 11 republican districts. The R candidate would at least get 11 EV from CA and those peoples votes would actually count.
3) The biggest reason is the elimination of fraud for a generation, because the effect of massed dem votes in cities of every state would only effect the congressional district of that city, not the whole freaking state.
True, the EV count and states not the people actually picking the president is constitutional, it apparently isn’t enforceable as Maine and Nebraska don’t do it. Congressional district EV awarding would actually improve on the intent of the founders when writing our constitutional process for electing a president.
It also would spread the advertising dollars around so that much of America would see political advertising and the same few places that always get unindated with advertising blitzes would get a break. And don’t anyone say they don’t like political advertising, if you didn’t like it they wouldn’t do it. It works. They got the millions you don’t. Think about that.
In 94 and to a lessor extent in 2010, Republicans had a trifecta in WI, MI, IN, OH, PA, NY, NJ, IL. They could have changed their states to EV awarding by congressional district, but they didn’t because they are genetically mutantly fundamentally hopelessly retarded!.
As a member of the state committee of PA, I heard with my own ears the retarded bloviating idiot GOP chairman say, “we have never done it that way before” “that would diminish our states clout” in the presidential election. IOW, they would rather lose the state and the presidency as long as the politicians keep stroking there egos and keep coming to woo them every 4 years.
Your comment “If the republicans controlled a state” the did in the rust belt, but the rest belt always votes dem because of them running up the vote in the cities. The dems would still get the 2 for the senators / popular vote.
Remember GW only won the presidency by 2 votes. He needed 23 EV to beat Gore and FL had 25 at the time. If GW had not won NH, the FL recount would not have happened cause he would have already lost. Every EV vote matters and they should not just a hand full of states.
I think you misunderstood what I am saying. Awarding electoral votes by congressional district would do a multitude of things.
1) It gives more people a vote that actually counts. When it comes to presidential elections, only the votes in less than a dozen states matter. Congressional district awarding, would give the vast majority of Americans a say so in voting for president.
2) It would force candidates to campaign everywhere, because every district would count, of course many are solid red or blue, but many more places would see some candidates pass their way. For instance, the dems start with 52 EV for CA before the voting even begins, even though there are 11 republican districts. The R candidate would at least get 11 EV from CA and those peoples votes would actually count.
3) The biggest reason is the elimination of fraud for a generation, because the effect of massed dem votes in cities of every state would only effect the congressional district of that city, not the whole freaking state.
True, the EV count and states not the people actually picking the president is constitutional, it apparently isn’t enforceable as Maine and Nebraska don’t do it. Congressional district EV awarding would actually improve on the intent of the founders when writing our constitutional process for electing a president.
It also would spread the advertising dollars around so that much of America would see political advertising and the same few places that always get unindated with advertising blitzes would get a break. And don’t anyone say they don’t like political advertising, if you didn’t like it they wouldn’t do it. It works. They got the millions you don’t. Think about that.
In 94 and to a lessor extent in 2010, Republicans had a trifecta in WI, MI, IN, OH, PA, NY, NJ, IL. They could have changed their states to EV awarding by congressional district, but they didn’t because they are genetically mutantly fundamentally hopelessly retarded!.
As a member of the state committee of PA, I heard with my own ears the retarded bloviating idiot GOP chairman say, “we have never done it that way before” “that would diminish our states clout” in the presidential election. IOW, they would rather lose the state and the presidency as long as the politicians keep stroking there egos and keep coming to woo them every 4 years.
Your comment “If the republicans controlled a state” the did in the rust belt, but the rest belt always votes dem because of them running up the vote in the cities. The dems would still get the 2 for the senators / popular vote.
Remember GW only won the presidency by 2 votes. He needed 23 EV to beat Gore and FL had 25 at the time. If GW had not won NH, the FL recount would not have happened cause he would have already lost. Every EV vote matters and they should not just a hand full of states.
In addition, the R’s always win a majority of the states, 30+ so they would get the 2 EV for each state won with the popular vote. So even in years where they don’t win congress, they would still come out on top, assuming every CD goes for the same party for Congress and Prez. Again, this is how you improve on the constitution. Actually giving people more power and protecting them from mob rule of the simple popular vote.
You all know darn well if the shoe was on the other foot, the Dems would have already done this, but we can’t expect any common sense from the Retardican party.