Why Howard Dean and Barack Obama Wish to Eliminate the Electoral College

Graphic Courtesy of Electoral-Vote.com

Jim Geraghty has why the Democrats want to change how the President is elected.

I wonder if we’re witnessing a new Democratic strategy for well beyond the 2008 election — scrap the electoral college (a challenge, obviously) and nominate a candidate who can “run up” the vote totals in the areas Democrats already run well — big cities and university towns.

And, the GOP response to any CHANGE would be to insist that states go to proportional allocation of electoral college votes by Congressional district. This would yield the status quo to a GOP advantage. A case in point would be California.

The Democrats can WISH. However, a Constitutional amendment would be difficult and met with fierce GOP resistance.

By the way, did you look at the graphic above?

The real reason for the change?

Barack Obama, today, is losing the Presidency in the Electoral College.