The Loophole That Could End The Electoral College

The Electoral College. America's unique way of picking her President.

For it or against it, you might want to know there's a plan to use the Electoral College to subvert the Electoral College.

It's a sneaky plan and to understan(d), remember that: while it feels like citizens pick the president in one big election, they don't.

The 50 states pick the president. Oh and, District of Columbia.

But not you, Puerto Rico -- come back when you're a state.

How the states come together and how they vote is what the Electoral College is.

Each state gets votes proportional to her population (plus two) and is free to cast these votes however she wants.

Most look at how their citizens voted and give all their Electoral College votes to the state-wide winner.

But they don't have to. A couple states cast their votes proportional-ish to their citizens' preferences.

But states are free to vote however. Including against the preferences of their citizens.

Let's make a note of that. But back to this plus two, which is why some citizens *really* don't like the Electoral College.

The plus two means: the states less populous produce preponderate presidential picking power per person.

At the extremes, some states get one vote per low hundred thousand people and some states one vote per high hundred thousand.