2016 Postmortem

But if a state does GOTV and can get 50% of the populace to turn out, I kind of like the idea that they get rewarded for being involved. The more people vote, the more likely of a realistic result. Especially if people have a whole week to vote and can do it on their normal trip to the post office.

Has any state ever turned out at 50%?

Would it work better if the EC split for percentage of votes?

If 1000 people vote and it's a 10% turnout:

500 vote for Candidate A
400 vote for Candidate B
100 vote for the green party

So it's 50/40/10 %, so the 10 EV for 10% turnout are similarly split percentage-wise: A-5, B-4, C-1

In a smaller state where the same 1000 is 20% voter turnout - 200A, 800B, EV would go A-4, B-16

In this hypothetical 2-state country, the EC totals would be A-9, B-20, C-1 - from 30 EV, B wins by 66% margin, 1200 to 700 to 100 PV.

Or is this just an overly-complicated version of popular vote?