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  • Make California's Electoral Votes Proportional

    11/16/2016 5:30:00 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 45 replies
    Currently, under the Electoral College system, the winner of California is awarded 55 electoral votes. California prides itself on being a diverse state, culturally and politically. However, many elections California goes Democratic because the population in the major cities dwarfs other voters. Two other states in the U.S give their votes proportionally, Nebraska and Maine. Politicians know how to play the game and campaign exclusively to voters in the most coveted "swing states". This leaves California, a state of 38 million people, left out of the process. In a current Public Policy Institute of California survey, they found that 45%...