Electoral College

[vor_lord]

Hi

The fairest system, where every vote counts, would be to treat the USA as one voting district and get rid of the Electoral College. It would be a two round system. If one candidate gets 50% plus one vote in the first round he is elected. If no candidate manages that, the two candidates with the biggest number of votes would square of in round two, where there would be clear winner.

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For those who are interested in various election methods, check out Election Methods

Some very interesting things to read there, particularly in regards to instant runoff voting (the system used in Australia, which sounds similar to what you're describing above).

Be forewarned the Condorcet method requires some real math to understand (although not to vote with it).