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Re:512 Paths to the White House by nhebb on Saturday November 03, 2012 @07:33AM (#4736410)
> The electoral college is incredibly unfair to voters who live in states that lean opposite their view.

The Constitution doesn't mandate how electoral votes are allocated. Maine and Nebraska, for example, distribute the electoral college votes by congressional district. So the winner take all policy of most states isn't due to the electoral college itself, but how the states choose to implement it.

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Re:512 Paths to the White House by AlexMennen on Saturday November 03, 2012 @12:20PM (#4736964)
States have an incentive to use a winner take all policy to maximize their influence in the outcome.
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Re:512 Paths to the White House by bobwaycott on Saturday November 03, 2012 @03:27PM (#4737605)
True, and they also add in a couple electors based on the statewide popular vote.
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