The conservative drive for California to assign its electoral college delegates proportionally has collapsed due to lack of organization, the L.A. Times reports. It would be disastrous for individual states to abandon the winner-take-all system one by one, as it would put the winner of those states at a severe, unfair disadvantage nationally. If we want a more representational democracy, we'll need to abolish the electoral college altogether and let the people elect their president. --Dana Goldstein
