It's pretty cringe in the 21st century for the Americans to still be electing presidents on the basis of an agreement made with slaveholders three centuries ago. It is past due that the system be changed to better reflect the true values and interests of the United States. Therefore, I recommend that the electoral college be no longer based around a unrepresentative and arbitrary score in the current electoral college, but by the number of NFL teams a candidate wins in the popular vote.
It's incredibly simple: if a state with NFL teams votes for X, X gets one vote per team. If another state votes for Y, Y gets electoral votes equal to the number of teams, too. The results for the 2016 are eerily similar to the actual, official results: Donald Trump beats Hilary Clinton by a score of 18 teams to 14 - a margin of 9:7, or 1.29:1. The actual results having been merely 1.33:1. Trump even has the distinction of sweeping both the AFC and NFC South divisions. That's way better than winning Wyoming or Idaho - seriously!
In the potential event of a tie between the major candidates, instead of subjecting the nation to the highly partisan and unrepresentative whims of the Senate and Supreme Court, one could instead just use the Super Bowl as a tie-breaker. The timing is perfect - late January - and the winning Candidate could be sworn into office on field in front of an actually packed and enthused arena.
No longer would the American presidency be tainted by the ghost of slavery. Their election would be dependent upon the parts of the USA in which people actually live, thereby giving the office a much needed dose of legitimacy. Plus, through turning democracy into an appendage of sport, it will hopefully redirect violent energy out of the streets and on to the playing field. For all these reasons, it is time that the USA adopt the NFL as its primary means of electing a president.
Prospects for 2020
Given current polling and projections, the current NFL Electoral College looks like this:
Biden Football Conference
- The whole AFC East and North, plus Las Vegas, Denver and the Chargers (11)
- The whole NFC East, North and West, less Dallas (11)
Trump Football conference
- Tennessee, Indianapolis, Kansas City and New Orleans (4)
Toss-ups
- Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Miami, Atlanta (6)
Which I think really illustrates the economic and demographic weakness of the Red States.
