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2016 Postmortem

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9. But half of CA and half of WY are 2 completely different things.

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 05:29 PM

Dec 2016

Not only in terms of size but also in terms of demographics. One is much, much more representative of the US than the other.

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A hypothetical EC reform idea. [View all] forgotmylogin Dec 2016 OP

This would not work. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #1

I agree that it's not perfect. forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #4

so that is a start... texasmomof3 Dec 2016 #2

So if wyoming and CA have the same turnout, they get the same votes? Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #3

I would say yes... forgotmylogin Dec 2016 #5

Since the republicans tend to win more (but smaller) states Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #7

But half of CA and half of WY are 2 completely different things. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #9