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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1050106" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>All other states have "winner takes all" but these two states have one unassigned electoral voter that can be assigned based on the Congressional District Method.</p><p></p><p>[h=3]Congressional District Method[/h] Under the Congressional District Method, the electoral votes are distributed based on the popular vote winner within each of the state’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_district" target="_blank">congressional districts</a>; the statewide popular vote winner receives two additional electoral votes.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-autogenerated3-61" target="_blank">[62]</a>[/SUP]</p><p> The Congressional District Method can more easily be implemented than other alternatives to the winner-takes-all method. State legislation is sufficient to use this method.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-autogenerated5-62" target="_blank">[63]</a>[/SUP] However, the Congressional District Method has its downsides. For instance, candidates might only spend time in certain battleground districts instead of the entire state and cases of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering" target="_blank">gerrymandering</a> could become exacerbated as political parties attempt to draw as many safe districts as they can.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-63" target="_blank">[64]</a>[/SUP] Done nationally, it also has a distinct partisan bias based on the fact that Republicans carry far more congressional districts. The two major parties are evenly divided in the popular vote.[SUP]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-64" target="_blank">[65]</a>[/SUP]</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#Congressional_District_Method" target="_blank">Electoral College (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1050106, member: 7966"] All other states have "winner takes all" but these two states have one unassigned electoral voter that can be assigned based on the Congressional District Method. [h=3]Congressional District Method[/h] Under the Congressional District Method, the electoral votes are distributed based on the popular vote winner within each of the state’s [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_district"]congressional districts[/URL]; the statewide popular vote winner receives two additional electoral votes.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-autogenerated3-61"][62][/URL][/SUP] The Congressional District Method can more easily be implemented than other alternatives to the winner-takes-all method. State legislation is sufficient to use this method.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-autogenerated5-62"][63][/URL][/SUP] However, the Congressional District Method has its downsides. For instance, candidates might only spend time in certain battleground districts instead of the entire state and cases of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering"]gerrymandering[/URL] could become exacerbated as political parties attempt to draw as many safe districts as they can.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-63"][64][/URL][/SUP] Done nationally, it also has a distinct partisan bias based on the fact that Republicans carry far more congressional districts. The two major parties are evenly divided in the popular vote.[SUP][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#cite_note-64"][65][/URL][/SUP] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_District_Method#Congressional_District_Method]Electoral College (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url] [/QUOTE]
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