[MLUG - DISCUSSION] the electoral college

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Jonathan King wrote:

> There is no principled reason why somebody from Wyoming should have 
> substantially more voting power for president than you have in 
> California or than I have in Missouri.

So the number of electors for a state equals the number of senators 
(always 2) plus the number of representatives (at least 1).  If we could 
just drop the 2 for senators from the number, that would be a big 
improvement.  Wikipedia has a nice entry and some interesting suggestions 
on how to improve things (e.g., Arthur Schlesinger's idea):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College#Abolishing_the_non-proportional_electors_.28.22drop_two.22.29

In addition to dropping the 2-per-state for senators, Schlesinger 
recommends adding 100 for whoever wins the popular vote.

Mike

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