2016 Presidential Election A1HR

Impact of an Article the First  Electoral College on the 2016 Presidential Election:

Under the current 435 Member House the Electoral College Vote is Trump: 307 and Clinton: 228, which is 74% of the victor’s vote. Under an Article the First Apportionment Act the Electoral Vote is Trump: 3520 and Clinton: 2733, which is 77% of the victor’s vote.

Article the First is an improvement on the popular vote being tied to the Electoral College but in the case of the 2016 election, President-elect Trump would have still won the election.

Article the First Congressional Districts  & Electoral Votes

California	37253956	50,000	745	2	747
Texas	25145561	50,000	502	2	504
New York	19378102	50,000	387	2	389
Florida	18801310	50,000	376	2	378
Illinois	12830632	50,000	256	2	258
Pennsylvania	12702379	50,000	254	2	256
Ohio	11536504	50,000	230	2	232
Michigan	9883640	50,000	197	2	199
Georgia	9687653	50,000	193	2	195
North Carolina	9535483	50,000	190	2	192
New Jersey	8791894	50,000	175	2	177
Virginia	8001024	50,000	160	2	162
Washington	6724540	50,000	134	2	136
Massachusetts	6547629	50,000	130	2	132
Indiana	6483802	50,000	129	2	131
Arizona	6392017	50,000	127	2	129
Tennessee	6346105	50,000	126	2	128
Missouri	5988927	50,000	119	2	121
Maryland	5773552	50,000	115	2	117
Wisconsin	5686986	50,000	113	2	115
Minnesota	5303925	50,000	106	2	108
Colorado	5029196	50,000	100	2	102
Alabama	4779736	50,000	95	2	97
South Carolina	4625364	50,000	92	2	94
Louisiana	4533372	50,000	90	2	92
Kentucky	4339367	50,000	86	2	88
Oregon	3831074	50,000	76	2	78
Oklahoma	3751351	50,000	75	2	77
Connecticut	3574097	50,000	71	2	73
Iowa	3046355	50,000	60	2	62
Mississippi	2967297	50,000	59	2	61
Arkansas	2915918	50,000	58	2	60
Kansas	2853118	50,000	57	2	59
Utah	2763885	50,000	55	2	57
Nevada	2700551	50,000	54	2	56
New Mexico	2059179	50,000	41	2	43
West Virginia	1852994	50,000	37	2	39
Nebraska	1826341	50,000	36	2	38
Idaho	1567582	50,000	31	2	33
Hawaii	1360301	50,000	27	2	29
Maine	1328361	50,000	26	2	28
New Hampshire	1316470	50,000	26	2	28
Rhode Island	1052567	50,000	21	2	23
Montana	989415	50,000	19	2	21
Delaware	897934	50,000	17	2	19
South Dakota	814180	50,000	16	2	18
Alaska	710231	50,000	14	2	16
North Dakota	672591	50,000	13	2	15
Vermont	625741	50,000	12	2	14
District of Columbia	601723	50,000	12	2	14
Wyoming	563626	50,000	11	2	13
			6151		6253

2016 Article the First Electoral Votes

Trump	State		Clinton	State
504	Texas		747	California
378	Florida		389	New York
256	Pennsylvania		258	Illinois
232	Ohio		177	New Jersey
199	Michigan		162	Virginia
195	Georgia		136	Washington
192	North Carolina		132	Massachusetts
131	Indiana		117	Maryland
129	Arizona		108	Minnesota
128	Tennessee		102	Colorado
121	Missouri		78	Oregon
115	Wisconsin		73	Connecticut
97	Alabama		56	Nevada
94	South Carolina		43	New Mexico
92	Louisiana		29	Hawaii
88	Kentucky		15	Maine
77	Oklahoma		28	New Hampshire
62	Iowa		23	Rhode Island
61	Mississippi		19	Delaware
60	Arkansas		14	Vermont
59	Kansas		14	District of Columbia
57	Utah		2720
39	West Virginia
38	Nebraska
33	Idaho
21	Montana
18	South Dakota
16	Alaska
15	North Dakota
13	Wyoming
13	Maine
3533

Under an Article the First Apportionment Act, however, it would be relatively easy to change the course of the Electoral College to more closely follow the Presidential popular vote.    Once an Article the First Apportionment Act is passed, citizens in each State would be free to lobby their legislatures to enact a state law awarding Electoral College Votes by Congressional District, similar to Maine and Nebraska, as opposed to the current popular vote "winner takes all electors" now enacted in 48 States.   In this case, both Vice President Gore and Secretary Clinton would have won the Electoral College vote in 2000 and 2016.