Pennsylvania GOP Proposes New Electoral Vote Allocation

[WI_DEM]

Pennsylvania Republicans are trying to change how the state awards its electoral votes -- from winner take all (like most states) to by congressional district (like Maine and Nebraska), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

"An analysis by the online news service Capitolwire noted that had the proposed distribution process been in place in Pennsylvania in 2008 before the state lost one congressional district due to a population decline in the 2010 census, Mr. Obama would have won only 11 of the state's 21 votes."

First Read: "Interestingly, Nebraska Republicans had considered changing the state's system back to winner take all -- after Obama won one of Nebraska's electoral votes in 2008. But that effort stalled."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/09/13/pennsylvania_gop_proposes_new_electoral_vote_allocation.html

[FLAprogressive]

1. Gaming the system......the electoral college needs to go now.

[frazzled]

2. It would be a true and total disaster for the Democrats

They never stop plotting how to win an election by subterfuge.

[RandySF]

3. This COULD haunt the Republicans

Obama's having real trouble in PA. Should the Republican carry the state, he won't get all of the electoral votes.

[LonePirate]

4. I don't see any way Obama loses PA in 2012. This legislation is bad for Dems.