Eliminating the EC would require a constitutional amendment, an almost impossible task. A solution is available but would also be difficult.
The individual state’s legislatures would need to do away with the ‘winner take all’ selection of the state’s electors. This would help, but not eliminate, the under representation of the more populus states in the EC since the EC consists of an elector for each state’s House of Representatives districts and one each for the Senators. But the total number of representatives was capped at 435 in the 1920s. This means districts in CA, TX, FL, NY, and other populus states have far more people in less populus states like ND, SD, MT, and WY.
So, if the number of seats in the House were increased and the ‘winner take all’ was done away with it would help even out the imbalance. Voters in Orange County, CA and Austin, TX could actually make a difference.
Eliminating the EC would require a constitutional amendment, an almost impossible task. A solution is available but would also be difficult.
The individual state’s legislatures would need to do away with the ‘winner take all’ selection of the state’s electors. This would help, but not eliminate, the under representation of the more populus states in the EC since the EC consists of an elector for each state’s House of Representatives districts and one each for the Senators. But the total number of representatives was capped at 435 in the 1920s. This means districts in CA, TX, FL, NY, and other populus states have far more people in less populus states like ND, SD, MT, and WY.
So, if the number of seats in the House were increased and the ‘winner take all’ was done away with it would help even out the imbalance. Voters in Orange County, CA and Austin, TX could actually make a difference.