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Gerrymandering is a political tradition and seems to only increase in popularity with time, I think there'd have to be some significant bipartisan interest in putting a stop to it before a Constitutional amendment wrt the electoral college could ever hope to get any interest, either.

It doesn't seem to be there. The electoral college is national level gerrymandering but nobody seems to care hat much about the local kind, even. Cart before the horse.

The Right in particular views gerrymandering and the electoral college as the least-worst option to maintaining power with respect to all the not-European immigrant demographic shifts, who, in their minds, only ever vote Democrat.

Making it outright illegal for all non-whites to vote is their ideal solution, and they may get it eventually once the death camps are fully operational.

but for now it's a tough row to hoe. Gerrymandering and the EC is the next best thing and the structure is already in place, anyway.

y of the population, if the electoral vote is tied, the House votes by stat e delegation rather than a head count!

he Constitution dictates that the House pick a president and the Senate a v ice president. But unlike a vote on a piece of legislation in the House, wi nning the presidency requires the support of a majority of state delegation s ? whereby each state votes as a unit to decide a winner, with New York?s 27 House members and New Mexico?s three getting equ al say. Though Democrats have more members in the House right now by a 235 to 197 margin, Republicans form the majority of 26 state delegations to the Democrats? 22, and the GOP is likely to continue to hold most of t hose state delegations in 2020."

Dream on, you need 3/4 of the states to approve an amendment. (no small states are voting to give away power.)

I'd like to see states divvy up the popular vote, proportional to what each candidate gets. (Like Maine), but that's not going to happen either.

George H.

The judges (judge?) in Rhode Island traffic court sometimes sardonically make fun of CT or MA residents who wind up there for ignoring or not knowing the state laws and local ordinances.

"Oh so you thought it doesn't matter and nobody would notice, eh Mr. Big Shot? I guess it does because looks like you're here, after all..."

Little-state syndrome

California took away the politicians' ability to define districts and gave it to a presumably objective commission.

That was possible because we have popular referendums here. The politicos in power would never vote to diminish their own power.

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Check; NOT a "college", and certainly puppet members were NOT elected. It is a wonder that anyone knows who the F they are..

rity of the population, if the electoral vote is tied, the House votes by s tate delegation rather than a head count!

o the Constitution dictates that the House pick a president and the Senate a vice president. But unlike a vote on a piece of legislation in the House, winning the presidency requires the support of a majority of state delegat ions ? whereby each state votes as a unit to decide a winner, with New York?s 27 House members and New Mexico?s three getting equal say. Though Democrats have more members in the House right now by a 2

35 to 197 margin, Republicans form the majority of 26 state delegations to the Democrats? 22, and the GOP is likely to continue to hold most o f those state delegations in 2020."

That seems intelligent, you also have 'open primaries' so the general election could be two Ds or two Rs. That should lead to less extremes.

Splitting the electoral votes in a state, makes everyone's vote count. All states could do that without any amendment. How do you get to have referendums? NYS politics is hidebound.

George H.

George H.