Good News for Dems on Electoral Votes

MyDD reports that North Carolina is poised to change its electoral college system from winner-take-all to proportional awarding of electoral votes.

This would guarantee the democratic nominee a share of North Carolina's votes.

With Ohio moving from a corrupt-Republican rigged system to an honest election system, Democrats are looking very good in 2008


Half of NC going blue in 2008

by Jerome Armstrong, Fri Jul 27, 2007 at 11:23:53 PM EST

Great news for the Dem candidate in '08:

North Carolina appears headed to becoming the third state in the nation to abandon the winner-take-all method for awarding its electoral votes as the House tentatively agreed Thursday to shelve the method.

In its place, according to the measure approved on a largely party-line vote, would be a more proportional method that would reward the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each of the state's congressional districts.

The Senate already has passed the meaure, which would take effect in 2008. A final House vote could come Friday, then the bill would go to Gov. Mike Easley, a Democrat, just like the majority in the Legislature, which has backed the change. The state Democratic Party also supports it.The Democratic candidate would be sure to receive at least 3 EV's from NC, and probably as high as 7-8, depending on the nominee.

Eye on '08 points out that Dems have the trifecta in Arkansas and Louisiana as well, where they could possibly also make this change. At the least, it ensures that candidates are going to be coming to NC during the 2008 contest. If this had been in effect during 2000, Gore would have been President.
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