Having said that, I sadly do believe that Romney's Mormonism cost him the election. The fact that a no-leadership-ability RINO like John McCain captured almost 3 million votes more four years ago than Romney did yesterday tells me that 3 million Republicans who went to the polls in 2008 decided to stay home this time and not vote because they didn't want to vote for a Mormon. I have seen plenty of sickening anti-Mormon bigotry on this forum over the years. And the purveyors of that bigotry can now pat themselves on the back because they succeeded in keeping a Mormon out of the White House. But I fail to see what any of this has to do with Jim Robinson.
3 million fewer vote for Romney than McCain got in 2008 says there was something wrong with Romney’s campaign. You say it was anti-mormonism. I say there’s not a shred of evidence to support that.
Here’s what I think. I think there are at least 3 million Americans in counties and states where it doesn’t matter if they go to the polls or not, that their guy isn’t going to win their electoral votes or even their vote for dog catcher.
The constitution gives state legislatures the power to determine how the electors are chose in their own state. I think the Nebraska plan is an improvement that preserves republicanism. I’d give one elector to the victor of each congressional district, and in large states, I’d give the state winner the 2 senatorial electors. Perhaps in smaller states, I’d understand their assigning their 3 electors to separate regions of the state (or something like that).
In any case, this wouldn’t have changed yesterday’s final result, but it would have given red areas in a blue state (and vice versa) like California a sense that they were contributing to the cause.