California Can Change the World

I'm sitting at my computer typing this, knowing that the relative calm I'm currently enjoying will be shattered for months when word gets out about what's going on here. It is possible it will effect National politics, literally, for the rest of American history.

California is huge. We have 55 electoral votes. Way more than any other state. (Texas: 34; New York: 31) That's why we always have so many presidential candidates visiting and campaigning, so much money spent here to woo our votes...

...oh wait. Nobody ever comes here. We almost never see presidential candidates. We barely see their TV commercials. Democrats don't have to campaign to get all 55 votes. It's automatic, like the votes of Plantation Blacks. And Republicans can't afford to waste precious resources in a state they're almost certain to lose.

And in almost every election, California Republicans are rendered essentially disenfranchised, because our votes are translated into votes for the Democrat by virtue of our "Winner Take All" electoral system.

There is a burgeoning campaign here to change that; to institute proportionate assignment of electoral votes by electoral district. Which gives every diverse community at least some voice in the outcome. Rather than allowing the densely populated urban centers to suck up all the electoral votes, proportionate assignment would allow rural and suburban areas to assign their electoral votes to the candidate they choose by popular vote.

(California is so big, with so many diverse and opposing interests, and such huge urban centers, it needs to be a little more diversely represented than, say, North Dakota or Kansas.)

The candidate who wins the popular vote in an electoral district would receive the electoral vote of that district. If the Republican candidate wins in 20 districts, he gets 20 electoral votes. If a Third Party Candidate wins two districts, he gets two. The Democrat would get 31 instead of 55. From my point of view, this looks like a good idea. A fair one.

By not giving the entire Pot of Gold to candidates who are rejected by as much as 49.5% of the electorate, we make the election more...democratic...you should pardon the expression.

If California changes to a proportionate assignment of electoral votes, it could change the outcomes of elections forever. And both sides know that.

It is likely that such a change will make it harder to get a Liberal elected President. Republicans will get a share of California electoral votes in every future election. Even winning a third of California's electoral votes will be like winning several smaller states.

The fight here is going to be the political version of the wild fires in So-Cal this summer. Millions of dollars from all over the country will be pouring into California. I am already tired of the lies and distortions that are being crafted with George Soros' money as we speak.

You will hear this:

"An Unconstitutional Power Grab by the Republicans".

I guaran-damn-tee it.

The title of this post is "California Can Change the World". It's not an exaggeration. With more critical electoral votes going, almost undoubtedly, to Republican candidates, it will alter the face of American Politics. More Republicans will be elected President. And Republican Presidents do business differently in the world, with allies and enemies, than Democrat ones.

A fairer distribution of electoral votes in California could determine the outcome of the War on Terror, whether Iran gets a nuke, whether Iraq stays free, whether Israel survives. Whether the West prevails.

There are no doubt legitimate concerns, risks and problems, and they need to be addressed wisely and intelligently. But watching to see who comes out most adamantly, passionately and hysterically against the idea will give us a quick and dirty idea of whether it's a fundamentally good idea.

Stay tuned.

The Gunslinger