As Americans know, the electoral college gives disproportionate influence to swing states, which means a vote in the extremely blue state of California was basically wasted in the 2024 election, as are votes in extremely red states like Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. State legislatures have the Constitutional power to assign their state's electoral votes. So why don't the four states sign a compact to assign all their electoral votes in 2028 and future presidential elections to the winner of the aggregate popular vote in those four states? Would this even be legal?
The population of CA is 39.0M (54 electoral votes), and the population of the three red states is 38.6M (55 electoral votes). The combined bloc would control a massive 109 electoral votes, and would have gone for Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2024. Every state has an incentive to sign to increase their voters' influence in [...]
First published:
November 6th, 2024
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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ABYqFqd3wzgguexjT/should-ca-tx-ok-and-la-merge-into-a-giant-swing-state-just)
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