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41 smallest states. Putting them at 282 Electoral Votes | 41 smallest states. Putting them at 282 Electoral Votes | ||
The losing candidate gets the support of 100% of registered voters | The losing candidate gets the support of 100% of registered voters | ||
from the | from the 10 largest states putting them at 256 Electoral Votes. | ||
Seems outrageous? That is a emotional value judgement, it wouldn't | Seems outrageous? That is a emotional value judgement, it wouldn't | ||
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That is why phrases like: Southern Strategy, Red States vs Blue States, | That is why phrases like: Southern Strategy, Red States vs Blue States, | ||
Coastal Elites, Fly-over country, "we're a republic not a democracy", | Coastal Elites, Fly-over country, "we're a republic not a democracy", | ||
systemic racism, gerrymandering, small state senators etc, etc have | systemic racism, gerrymandering, small state senators, the 2nd amendment, | ||
featured so prominently in our political discourse. | pro-life, etc, etc have featured so prominently in our political discourse. | ||
Our country has gone through many decades where the winner of the overall | Our country has gone through many decades where the winner of the overall | ||
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If I wanted to game the system; my bedrock policy would be to tax the | If I wanted to game the system; my bedrock policy would be to tax the | ||
10 largest states and give that money to the 41 smallest states (including DC). | 10 largest states and give that money to the 41 smallest states (including DC) | ||
(or alternatively you could do the opposite). | |||
But before that, I'd make sure I belonged to the party that controlled the | But before that, I'd make sure I belonged to the party that controlled the | ||
majority of small states. That party would then get the legislatures of each | majority of small states. That party would then get the legislatures of each | ||
state to decide where its Electoral Votes would go rather than the popular vote | state to decide where its Electoral Votes would go rather than the popular vote | ||
or practice extreme voter suppression.If you think about it the Republican party | or practice extreme voter suppression. If you think about it the Republican party | ||
is well on its way to getting such a system in place. | is well on its way to getting such a system in place. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
