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scott s. Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 3:32 PM

You do have something of a point. If you look at the earliest setup there were 26 senators and 69 representatives, a ratio of 2.5:1. Now (assuming we count DC as 2 senators and 1 rep) we have 102 to 436, a ratio of 4.3:1. So the relative weighting given to small states is much less than originally. CDs have been gerrymandered so very few are competitive. Would have to check how often presidential vote differs from representative vote but I suspect it isn't that often. Wouldn't we still be looking at a few "swing" CDs controlling presidential election?

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scott s. Wrote: Nov 15, 2012 3:36 PM

Also there is nothing in the Constitution that requires congressional "districts". AFAIK they could all be elected "at large".

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Electoral College

The United States Constitution provides for an indirect election of the President. That is, you didn't vote for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney last week; you voted for electors pledged to vote for one or the other.

The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (which superseded a large section of Article II, Section 1) suggests says that the ballots of the electors in the several states having marked their ballots for President and Vice President shall

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