Republicans' Electoral College Scheme - Can a Dem Win?
January 28, 2013
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as posted by the channel"Republicans in Virginia and a handful of other battleground states are pushing for far-reaching changes to the electoral college in an attempt to counter recent success by Democrats.
In the vast majority of states, the presidential candidate who wins receives all of that state's electoral votes. The proposed changes would instead apportion electoral votes by congressional district, a setup far more favorable to Republicans. Under such a system in Virginia, for instance, President Obama would have claimed four of the state's 13 electoral votes in the 2012 election, rather than all of them."*
Proposed changes to the electoral college system would definitely favor Republicans in presidential elections. In fact, with the changes, it's unlikely a democrat could be elected again. Why? John Iadarola (TYT University), Desi Doyen (Green News Report), and Lissette Padlla (The Lip TV) break it down.
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