We used to have a similar system for Senate votes. Get 51% of the vote in a State, you won all the Senate seats on offer. Then it was changed to the current system, where the voices of minorities were heard, and occasionally had a significant effect where the two major parties differed strongly.
I think that there are a lot of things that could be improved with the US presidential voting system, and getting rid of the electoral college would be a start. For so many voters, their vote is effectively lost, when if it were a proportional result instead of "winner-takes-all", they would have an impact on the overall count.
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Date: 2008-11-07 06:08 am (UTC)I think that there are a lot of things that could be improved with the US presidential voting system, and getting rid of the electoral college would be a start. For so many voters, their vote is effectively lost, when if it were a proportional result instead of "winner-takes-all", they would have an impact on the overall count.