Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

(27,725 posts)

18. The difference between proportionality and those two is gerrymandering

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:46 AM

Nov 2016

A larger state that divided electors by Congressional districts would hand more national power to those drawing the lines.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact [View all] pat_k Nov 2016 OP

Please note that they're all blue states. hedda_foil Nov 2016 #1

Nebraska and Maine don't do "winner-takes-all" pat_k Nov 2016 #5

The difference between proportionality and those two is gerrymandering FBaggins Nov 2016 #18

Not a fan of this approach MichMan Nov 2016 #2

Disagree with the Electoral College if you must... FBaggins Nov 2016 #19

True... but they're hardly the only example FBaggins Nov 2016 #22

We have a habit of not thinking ahead on matters like this davidn3600 Nov 2016 #8

The problem is, the "balance" is severely tilted. pat_k Nov 2016 #10

??? pat_k Nov 2016 #9

It is not actually enacted as a "compact"... pat_k Nov 2016 #14

Then we should never pass a law marylandblue Nov 2016 #15

Many constitutional scholors have suggested this is unconstitutional davidn3600 Nov 2016 #7

P.S. pat_k Nov 2016 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author jfern Nov 2016 #17

This proposal ends up being as odd as the electoral college. IphengeniaBlumgarten Nov 2016 #23