I disfavor the splitting of electoral votes by congressional district in California for two reasons: 1) it would only encourage even more extreme gerrymandering, as it'd give another, and even more, compelling incentive to do it; 2) I wish to say to Texas, "You first."
(ed. to add) The 2008 Nebraska split was the first time that provision had ever been put into operation. Some Republicans there were upset, but considering the lay of the land in Nebraska partisan politics, no other scenario of a split vote was at all likely, so what else did they think was going to happen when they enacted it in the first place?
I find the (no longer very effective) Jarvis Associations rather useful to have around; all I need see is their name on a ballot argument to know to vote the other way. What I'd like to see their reaction to if they eliminated things like commuter trains is the further-increased traffic jams (cf the NYC subway, this week). Leaving aside the implied belief that the freeways we already have somehow built themselves.
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Date: 2012-11-04 07:14 am (UTC)(ed. to add) The 2008 Nebraska split was the first time that provision had ever been put into operation. Some Republicans there were upset, but considering the lay of the land in Nebraska partisan politics, no other scenario of a split vote was at all likely, so what else did they think was going to happen when they enacted it in the first place?
I find the (no longer very effective) Jarvis Associations rather useful to have around; all I need see is their name on a ballot argument to know to vote the other way. What I'd like to see their reaction to if they eliminated things like commuter trains is the further-increased traffic jams (cf the NYC subway, this week). Leaving aside the implied belief that the freeways we already have somehow built themselves.