Question 11.55

image 25. This exercise is about the District System for allocating votes in the Electoral College (see Spotlight 11.1 on page 465). You will need to use the Power Index Calculator for this (see page 502). Find the total percentage of power that Nebraska has in the Electoral College by adding the percentages of power of the two electors representing the state and the three individual electors who represent congressional districts, according to the Banzhaf power index. Next, consider what would happen if Nebraska changed its law so that all of its electors would be committed to vote for the ticket that won the statewide contest: There would be 53 participants in the Electoral College, and Nebraska would have a voting weight of 5. Would this change result in an increase in Nebraska’s percentage of Banzhaf power, or a decrease?

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There would be no significant difference in Nebraska’s share of the voting power in the Electoral College.