Were all the states to adopt this method of allocating electoral votes instead of winner take all, the results of the electoral college would be much more representative of the popular vote.
Instead of "winner take all," 53 of the state's 55 electoral votes would be apportioned according to the winner of the presidential popular vote in each of the state's 53 Congressional districts.
Because the Republicans will be picking most of their delegates proportionally this year, instead of winner-take-all, the candidates who are in the top tier now — Mr. Romney, Mr. Paul and Mr. Gingrich — are likely to be competing for each and every delegate in what is expected to be a protracted primary fight.
Politically, gender equality and removal of discrimination between races topped the agenda as politically correct, adding to the feeling of being sidelined -- loser instead of winner!
Just for fun, I also tossed in one vote for Clinton from Nebraska, where votes are allocated by district instead of winner-takes-all.
In 2010, the Republican National Committee RNCchangedged its rules in order to delay the start of voting, to discourage the frontloading of state contests, and to allocate early states' delegates by proportional representation instead of winner-take-all.
Instead of winner-take-all, the results will be tallied in each Congressional district in key states Democrats usually win, so that the major population centers, in places such as Pennsylvania, will yield few net electoral votes for the President.
They were committed to shifting the traditional perspective, looking at the world from the vantage point of the losers instead of the winners.
If that routine doesn't sound familiar, your mother was probably content to have pretty good flowers instead of contest winners.
Instead of the winners turning up at the award ceremony knowing that they have won, a shortlist might be invited and the victor announced, Oscar-like, only on the night.
