Thank you for clarifying this. Sorry for my thread mix up.
As to *this* thread, I've heard complaints from election losers in every close election year. While I would like to be rid of the ability of large metropolitan areas to choose my president, I think our Founding Fathers did create an ingenious and far-thinking institution in our Electoral College. The idea of 1 vote per house district and 1 for each Senator was the basis for the EC. The solution of switching to 1 vote per Congressional district and 2 per statewide winner representing the Senate sounds good in this day and age EXCEPT FOR the nightmare of gerrymandering the rats would inflict.
Rats and repubs alike already gerrymander. I see little difference in what would happen under 1 E.C. vote per Congressional district.
Admittedly, though, having two electors chosen statewide, and the rest by Congressional district, would be a check of sorts on gerrymandering.
Since changing the system would require a constitutional amendment, why not include language regulating the shape of a congressional district? I'm not a topologist, but there should be a way to write language disallowing a district that looks like a salamander. E.g., a district must be contiguous and have a width to height ratio within certain limits. And, of course, the population within each district must be roughly equal.
Oh, and while we're at it, non-citizen population should not count for purposes of apportionment.