re: #367 Eclectic Cyborg

Exactly.

But I can’t help but think the reverse angle renders a whole lot of votes moot. The fifteen most populous cities in the country are, in order from most to least populated: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Austin, Jacksonville, Fort Worth, Columbus and San Francisco. You have to go all the way to #24 on the list (Nashville) to find a city that would even remotely track GOP.

Eliminating the EC would give New York, California, Texas and Illinois vastly more power when it comes to electing the President of the United States. It would also make “flyover country” less and less relevant in national politics.

My point is, either option seems tilted unfairly in favor of one side and I can’t see any reasonable “middle ground” option here. Without some kind of compromise that doesn’t all but neutralize their votes, conservatives will never give up the EC.

Eliminating the EC would mean eliminating the “winner take all” for each state, so conservative votes in NY, CA & liberal urban areas would be counted. Isn’t that what they want?