GOP wants to split Michigan Electoral College votes. That would help the GOP.

[TexasTowelie]

LANSING — Republicans in the Michigan House are considering a plan to award most of the state’s presidential electors by congressional district, an overhaul that could give new influence to voters in rural areas dominated by GOP candidates.

Legislation debated Tuesday would likely help Republican candidates by ending the state’s winner-take-all system that last year allocated all 16 Electoral College votes to Democratic President Joe Biden because he won the popular vote by 3 percentage points.

Instead, Michigan would join Maine and Nebraska by awarding one elector to the winner of each congressional district, and then two electors to the winner of the statewide vote.

That’s a system that would have allowed former President Donald Trump to evenly split the state’s electors with Biden, despite his loss.

Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gop-wants-split-michigan-electoral-college-votes-would-help-gop

[exboyfil]

1. But you won't see them doing it in Florida and Texas

This already takes a horribly weighted system and makes it even worse. Congressional districts are already heavily biased against Democrats because of both gerrymandering and more living in urban areas.

The Nebraska spilt did mean a whole lot on election night (combining it with Arizona led to Pennsylvania coming off the table thus screwing up the initial voter fog plan by Trump).

[bucolic_frolic]

2. It's all gerrymandering until you ditch the EC

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Of course!

And their red areas have more underpopulated congressional districts too, I see. That is, more representation for their smaller populations.

Typical GOP antics to overthrow democratic processes.

Which Congressional Districts are Over and Under Populated
https://www.azavea.com/blog/2020/07/29/which-congressional-districts-are-over-and-under-populated/

[gab13by13]

4. Look for other states to do this,

Minority rule is fast approaching folks. This shit is serious. Pa. could also do this.

Why wouldn't Democratic governor Whitmer veto the legislation?

[marmar]

5. She will. She's already said so.

[mvymvy]

6. National Popular Vote

Now we need to support and urge state legislators in states with the 74 more electoral votes needed, to enact the National Popular Vote bill to make every vote in the country matter and count equally in presidential elections.

The current state-by-state winner-take-all system of electing the President repeatedly generates unnecessary uncertainty and chaos.

Most Americans think it is wrong that the candidate with the most national popular votes can lose a presidential election.
We don't allow this in any other election in our representative republic.

The bill is 73% of the way to guaranteeing the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country.
The bill changes state statewide winner-take-all laws (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), without changing anything in the Constitution, using the built-in method that the Constitution provides for states to make changes.

States are agreeing to award their 270+ electoral votes to the winner of the most national popular votes.

All votes would be valued equally in presidential elections, no matter where voters live.

NationalPopularVote.com