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Originally Posted by joeydb
Maybe we will see something like that someday. The key is that the Senate votes go to the vote leader in the state, as it helps to keep the vote decisive, which, despite its flaws, is one of the goals of the current electoral college system.
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we'll never see anything like this because election laws, including the way a state's presidential electors are selected, are up to the individual states.
it's in the interest of each state to have a winner take all system to maximize their influence in the election. as a candidate, are you going to campaign in the populous state with a few competitive districts or the less populous state with a winner take all system? a handful of electors in california or everyone in iowa?
no populous state is going to unilaterally disarm. they're already underrepresented in the senate. they aren't going to throw away whatever marginal benefit is extracted from the current system.