Electoral College Part II

So I had an idea in my head that maybe the electoral college isn't quite such a bad thing if changes were made to it.

In its current incarnation, most states electoral colleges go the way of the popular vote of that state. All or nothing. I have heard recently that the way Virginia, I think it is, has an electoral college that goes the way of the national popular vote. Don't know if that's true or not, and if so they must do it at the last minute or just take a sample.

Well, the electoral college could be kept as a viable system IF the colleges changed to where they delegate their votes proportionately. Not all or nothing.

Suppose for example Texans vote 61% for McCain and 37% for Obama, then 61% of the electoral votes for Texas go to McCain, and 37% go to Obama. So if Texas has 28 electoral votes, then McCain gets roughly 17 and Obama gets 11.

That would make people like myself who feel like their vote doesn't matter in a red or blue state no longer feel disenfranchised.