We’ve had two recent letters concerning the Electoral College.
One of the writers advocated going strictly with the popular vote, which Democrats would love. While this would make every voter’s vote count, it would leave the power largely in the hands of our metropolitan areas. In the case of a recount, we’d have the Florida 2000 fiasco times 50.
The other writer wanted to keep things as they are; i.e. winner take all. This means that the individual vote of most of our voters matters not one bit — unless you’re in a swing state, of which there are very few. On the positive side, it does give a mathematical boost to the low-population states.
Here’s a fairer and more practical compromise — the one currently in use in Nebraska and Maine. For each state, award an electoral vote for the popular vote winner in each Congressional district, and award two electoral votes for the winner of the popular vote of the state as a whole.
For example, in Ohio in 2020, if Trump won the popular vote in 10 of the 16 Congressional districts and also won the popular vote in the state as a whole, he would get 12 (10 plus 2) — not all — of Ohio’s 18 electoral votes.
This is so logical, fair and practical that I know it will never happen.
Jim Cox
Van Wert
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