republicans in virginia are moving
forward with a plan that could have
uh... major long-term ramifications four
of the american electoral college i'm
speaking about up a plan a vote to stop
in the privileges that elections
subcommittee
in virginia
uh... three oh three that past and now a
plan that would alternately change the
way the virginia's electoral college
votes are delegated
will be going to the full committee
works expected to pass then go to the
full out the full senate
uh... so the details of this is
currently about like most states like
forty eight states in the united states
right now
uh... the winner of the popular vote in
each state gets all of the electoral
votes
for that state
so presently the weight the populations
currently configured on the thirteen
votes that obama dot
uh... in the latest presidential
election
uh... they're trying to change it so
that instead of of where to take all
system
they will be delegating one vote for
each congressional district aso with you
with accurate commercial district you
get the votes and that if they did not
that way
if you run the numbers and thankfully
people have
mit romney would have won nine electoral
college votes to obama's for
uh... the way that it actually happened
with the winner take all system obama
got all thirteen uh...
heard that
uh... these numbers actually matter
returned to determine who becomes
president
so my read everything that you know i i
don't know at only one here in a way
that i think you're absolutely right
about that and what's interesting is
that they try to do something similar
here in california couple of years ago
and one of the issues about this is that
if you can do that to a big blue state
like california you essentially
cut it's done it's it's over they would
never be uh... asia
a democrat elected three the presidency
ever again because of that extra weight
that it would get to berle districts and
even though more people are in bloom
districts blue can be a congressional
districts in cities morris
physically there
that the other actually just would be
it's it's basically it's an opportunity
to try to read the election legally
excitement financially
we've got some quotes actually read the
obviously we understand i think any
uh... that include the sophisticated
viewer understands what's going on but
the republicans have to give some
justification what they're doing so
we have us some quotes for your this
first is coming from a thomas gary
senator
either says off all these small
localities will be brought into the
process taking about the perot voters
there's no partisan axe to grind here
i think that's he began immediately
laughing while estate investing is much
better picked up
simonsen but and mention that's what's
happening
um... we have up also
from the democratic state senator in
virginia's j chaman peterson
he says you've packed all democrats in
the statement three congressional
districts the deck is stacked hot and
until they resolve that i'd go to way of
dr redistricting in virginia that's not
partisan basis
um... this is i can suspend my
intelligence and vote for this
nobody's talking about there is that
we have this wonderful thing in america
called gerrymandering where we draw
electoral maps
with sophisticated computer programs
that know the political affiliations
down to individual blocks in cities
and they draw in a way to either
maximize the number of seats for the
party gets in the state or to make sure
that they max rosen ember of safe
districts that they have and they've
been very successful in virginia until
this point and so now it even though the
population of urging it will vote the
majority for democratic president
uh... the majority of the the seats or
held by republicans
there's the conflicting reports about
whether or not this is likely to pass
uh... but while some people are quick to
just label this as sore loser that that
type of bill
do you do see the spreading the future
yes i think that there's definitely a
very strong much or a republican
legislators across the country to try to
due to take advantage of of of their
last chance to
teams all the rules make it as hard as
possible and
admitted part as hardcore as possible to
register to vote because if they know
that demographically
day are on the losing end of this as
thereby as their base ages and eyes
often younger people are not adopting
the republican party has their party of
choice and so they have to get like race
the yellow light to get all this stuff
and as soon as they can and i think
they're gonna
try to get across the country
at least is under very talking about in
this content
eileen florida as well at governor rick
sky here so it's an intriguing idea that
they that concept so that they can
really making a push for this and at the
last minute again
why aren't democrats doing this evening
anne why are we trying to push for this
in texas for instance i don't think you
have a chance of passing but
is just uh... suddenly goes to the
proposed the psychology of people who
end up in the different ideologies
but they seem willing to uh... to read
the system in any way that they can look
up not saying the democrats are indigent
gerrymandering because certainly they do
partly out of necessity partly out of
the political calculus that'll help them
but it seems like in in every case
republicans are more willing to support
the system
maybe it's just the way they see
democracy
ido made it's just that the way that
that we we pick like the fact that we
have primaries that tends to be more
extreme people maybe more willing to do
it
tied up with the congress and i wonder
if it has anything to do with where
voters are located right herding areas
versus rural areas and how about
right and
do you wanna look at the number of
people eat there very different results
instead of working and paying for march
massive black right
and and and and what time did you have a
timeline in the brain accounts because
they've made it very clear
all right and only if they're doing that
they're really willing to push as hard
as they can and do these kinds of
cutthroat
uh... relentless pushes you to change
the rules so that you know to their
advantage there opportunistic intent
you know democrats have a verdict a shit
for being spineless
so for the most part of the most part
and not really coming up with this kind
of you know cutthroat some i'm glad the
democrats don't hide i don't think
anybody should be doing these kinds of
it's unethical and it's wrong yeah less
so in my opinion i i i'm glad the
democrats don't do it just for that the
ethics of it yet look we're getting into
when we're talking about the way to go
to a college coach of delegate in
individual states are getting into
somewhat arcane political
uh... but it matters sure that that's
down get that are don't think they have
a weird country and we have a weird way
of operating our elections where
i'm democrats can get more votes in
congressional races and still be in the
minority in the house to out the way
that we delegate heart dot seats in the
senate for instance where california has
two seats entitled state that has
fifteen hundred people and it has two
seats and look we we we thankfully or or
perhaps just uh... amigas artifact of
history we have a pretty close balance
in terms of the number of conservatism
country number of liberals
the number of seats in the senate for
instance the house tends to be pretty
close um... and i i just wonder if
republicans are are able to make changes
like this how long that lasts
well for a long time we argued over the
mission of the states where she has
things that you had to have a non slave
state as well
maybe for going to go from winner takes
all because they like virginia may do we
need to do it in
out of the message or something like
that we know there have been talks about
doing it across the country and when
we're talking about here in california
when the republicans in the state
legislature were bringing up
and he said well you know one maybe
eight maybe this is why the electoral
college reforms that we can all talk
about
because there has been moved to reform
the electoral college by
if it doesn't happen across the country
at the same time they're then it really
is only too partisan advantage and and
that is wrong
