Here is my proposal for Statewide Elections (Positions that represent the entire state,
ie Governor and US Senator.)
The United States uses what is called "Electoral College". the way the EC works is it gives each state X number
of votes based on population. California has 54 and Wyoming has 3, based on population,
California has the most people while Wyoming has the least.
Let's break down the idea of a statewide electoral college using my state of Washington as an example.
Washington Has 39 counties, ranging from the most populated county (King) with Seattle in it's borders, Population: 2,287,171, to the least Populated County, Garfield County, with a population of 2,353.
Each county has a set number of Electoral votes based on population.
The following Counties have over half a million people in them: King County, Pierce County, Snohomish County,
Spokane County and Clark County. They get 5 votes each. Only Spokane lies east of the Cascades. Clark County is home to Vancouver Washington, the rest lie within the Puget Sound Region, in the Seattle metro area.
The breakdown would likely be Largely democrat in this group with each county going (D) except Spokane, which would likely be a swing county.
For sake of Argument we'll give Spokane to the Republicans Tally so far: 20 Democrat, 5 Republican
5 counties down, 34 to go.
The next group have a population over 100,000: Thurston County, Kitsap County, Yakima County, Whatcom County,
Benton County, Skagit County, Cowlitz County & Grant County. This group is a bit more widespread with 3 counties
East of the Cascades and 4 west of the Cascades. they get a total of 4 votes each.
Democrats: 12, Repblicans: 12
Another 7 counties down, 27 to go.
The Next group has over 50,000 population: Franklin County, Island County, Lewis County, Chelan County,
Clallam County, Grays Harbor County, Mason County & Walla Walla County.
This group so far is the largest in numbers at 8 counties and gets a total of 3 votes each.
Democrats: 15, Republicans: 9
Our next group has a population over 20,000 each and has 2 votes each: Stevens County, Kittitas County,
Whitman County, Douglas County, Okanogan County, Jefferson County, Pacific County, Klickitat County,
Asotin County & Adams County.
largest group by number with 10 Counties.
Democrats: 4 Republicans: 16
Our final group, rounds off the remaining counties with populations UNDER 20,000 and 1 vote each. San Juan County,
Pend Oreille County, Skamania County, Lincoln County, Ferry County, Wahkiakum County, Columbia County & Garfield County.
This group is mostly Republican with only Wahkiakum and San Juan Possibly going to Dems.
Democrats: 2 Republican: 6
Average Tally Statewide:
Democrats: 53
Republicans: 48
Keep in mind however, that there are 8 swing counties, 15 democrat counties and
16 Republican counties. The average assumes the Dems get all swing votes. The 8 swing counties would balance the outcomes considerably.
for example, in the 2024 election, Of the 39 counties, Harris (D) only held 10 Counties,
Trump (R) held 29.

















