Electoral

The electoral college determines the presidency. Each state is allotted votes based on the number of representatives which is determined by population. 48 states have the winner take all form which means that the candidate who gets 51% of the votes gets all of the electoral votes. In two states, Maine and Nebraska, the votes are split based on congressional districts. Democrats want move away from the winner take all on a state level to a winner take all on a national level. If one candidate gets more votes that any other in the national election all states would award their electoral votes to that candidate. States with small populations will not favor this change. It is only necessary to win the 11 biggest states to get 270 electoral votes so small states would be overlooked. Incidentally, illegals count toward determining how many electoral votes a state may receive. A small state like North Dakota with a population of 770,000 gets one vote while California receives 4 votes just from the 3 million illegals that live there.