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Originally Posted by ikalugin
I think this is more of a problem in the first past the post/winner takes it all system vs proportional system.
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If you are referring to the Electoral College, this decision is entirely up to the individual states. Each state has the right to assign its electors in a matter set by that state's law. Two of our states, Nebraska and Maine choose a modified proportional way of allocating electors. The rest of the states choose a winner take all method.
Why?
The answer may be as simple as that's the way it has always been done.
I think that if each state were to allot their electors in a strictly proportional manner it would be more representative of that state's population and give third parties more representation.
Hmm maybe that's why most of our state legislators (made up primarily of Democrats and Republicans) choose a method that favors a two party system>
