This weekend, I took off my election reform hat and left Washington, DC to go see Feist play in Philadelphia. It was perhaps the best concert I’ve ever been to (and I’ve been to many) — but while in town, I thought I would also check out the new National Constitution Center.
The building itself is [...]

A FairVote Innovative Analysis
Facts in the Spotlight
Number of the 11 largest population states that were closely competitivein the 1976 presidential election: 10Number of such states that were competitive in 2004: 4
Number of the 13 smallest population states that were closely competitivein the 1976 presidential election: 5Number of such states that were competitive in 2004: [...]

The political universe is abuzz over the possibility of California splitting its electoral votes by congressional district. Dozens of articles and opinion pieces are being written and FairVote has released a report, Fuzzy Math: Wrong-Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral College Votes, that details the plan’s ill-advisedness.
As the method’s implementation would likely benefit Republican [...]

A FairVote Innovative Analysis
Facts in the Spotlight

Number of California counties won by 5% or less in the 1992 presidential race: 19

Number in 2004: 3
Number of electoral votes in states in play in a nationally competitive presidential election in 1976: 345
Number in 2004: 159

In lecterns in New Hampshire, town hall meetings in Iowa, and television studios [...]