proportional voting

This November, Coloradans rejected a Constitutional amendment that would have assigned Colorado's electoral votes proportionally by the popular vote in the state. If every state did this, how different would the election have been? Of course, if this had actually been the case, the strategies...

In the 17th ammendment thread, Shanek said this topic deserved its own discussion, and I agree. A popular notion these days, particularly in the wake of the 2000 Florida Debacle, is to simple abolish the electoral college system and just count the votes. I propose a compromise: Retain the...