A Bipartisan Approach to Electoral College Reform
Results from the 2016 Election As a habitant of central Illinois, I’ve heard all the complaints. Republicans are sick of Chicago painting the state blue year after year, and Democrats bemoan the Electoral College’s propensity for choosing Republican presidents, despite the popular vote’s dissent. Nobody is happy. While mutual frustration is often a sign of a fair compromise, this is an exception. Our current Electoral College, where 48 of 50 states use a “winner-take-all” system for awarding electoral votes, is not a compromise: It’s an affliction. When an Illinois Republican casts a vote for President, they do so only symbolically. They know the chance their vote will make a difference in how Illinois awards its votes is figmental. For this reason, many people in consistently red or blue states simply don’t vote. I can’t fault them. Why should they? America is using an electoral system that discourages voting. Is there anything more oxymoronic? Or, for that matter,