One of the things I advocate changing about our elections is how the Electors are allocated.

My idea is to allocate the electors based on the popular vote within each state. This would give blue voters in red states (and vice versa) a higher incentive to vote.

So, based on the MSNBC Electoral Map at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23887017 I calculated how the Electoral College would be distributed based on my proposed methodology.

As it stands, with North Carolina still to be declared, Obama's vote total is 63,896,968 with 349 Electoral Votes.

McCain's vote total is 56,405,897 with 173 Electoral votes.

Understand this about what I am about to show you. I am showing these results based on how people voted under the existing system. Those results lack the motivation for voting under the new system. That said, here are the results: McCain 243, Obama 281, much closer than with the existing method.

Clearly, the results of this election are decisive. 11+ Million more people voted for Obama than McCain. Yet, this type of analysis shows how the election cannot be considered an overpowering mandate.