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Originally Posted by SecretMethod70
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Colorado tried to make it proportional to the popular vote. I think the method which Maine and Nebraska use is better. I would support a law (constitutional amendment really) to require states to apportion their electoral votes by congressional district, but it I think it would also be necessary then to have a law (amendment) that they use independent boards to determine congressional districts after censuses, like Iowa does, so as to prevent the majority of gerrymandering. |
SM, what's the practical difference between apportioning by popular vote versus district?
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