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ErCRfrm
Bryce Colquit, Michigan Sae Universiy
By awarding the electoral votes of each state in proportion to its popu-lar vote, citizens will not be overlooked, and viable independent candi-dates can provide voters more choices.
In presidenial elecions, many saes are le ou o he general elecion. TheElecoral College awards voes in a “winner-ake-all” ashion. For ciizens whodon’ live in swing saes likeFlorida, heir issues can behighly ignored. “Sae” saes areno ocused on because candi-daes can assume who will re-ceive he sae’s elecoral voes.Mos atenion is given o lesshan en saes. People in saesaes are underrepresened inhe curren sysem, while ohers in swing saes are overrepresened. In he2000 Elecions, he proporional sysem would have given Al Gore 269 elecoralvoes, and George W. Bush 263. Gore, who won he popular voe, would havewon he elecionBy awarding elecoral voes proporionally, all ciizens will ge equal atenion.The issues ha are imporan o Texans will be jus as imporan as issues oOhioans. Federal policy will be less likely o pander o swing saes. I he major-iy mandae is replaced wih a pluraliy, independens can run as viable candidaes. To compensae, here will have o be a run-o elecion o he wo candi-daes who received he mos voes.Currenly, hird pary candidaes canno obain he majoriy o elecoral voeswih our enrenched wo-parysysem. I his changes, more in-dependen candidaes wouldrun, diversiying voer choices.The pluraliy mandae also ne-gaes he chance o he House oRepresenaives deciding who ispresiden.
History
The Caliornia Presidenial Elec-oral College Reorm Iniiaive o
Key Facts
In 1992 Elecions, Ross Pero received 18.9%
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o he naional voe and no elecoral voes.In he elecions o 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000,
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candidaes who received a pluraliy o hepopular voe did no become presiden.
Talking Points
Under he proporional mehod, he
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winner o he popular voe is almosguaraneed o win he elecion.The negaives o he curren elecoral
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sysem are nullied; he posiives, suchas he isolaion o elecion problems, arepreserved.Voes in some saes, such as Ohio,
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should no be more valuable han voesrom oher saes; proporional voingmakes everyone’s voe equal.
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