(corrected)
On October 27th and 29th, electoral-vote.com commented on the proposal by Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) regarding increasing the electoral college votes by adding 29 votes for the winner of the popular vote—how he arrived at 29 is unclear but it is the average of Calif. (55) and the minimum states (3).
I think this is a unique solution but that 29 votes would too drastically lower the role of the smaller states. A reader suggested votes per margin, suggesting 1 EV per 50,000--an even better approach. But since 50,000 is arbitrary, why not some specific based on population, with the small states’ concern in mind?
So, in this vein, why not 1 EV per voting population of the least populated state? For instance, looking at the 2000 election, in which Gore won the popular vote by 546,816, we can see that Wyoming was the least populated state with a (2000 census) voting age population of approximately 365,000. With 3 EV’s, this is about 1 vote per 122,000. By this measure, Gore would receive approximately 4.5 additional electoral votes. This, as it stands, would leave Bush the winner 271 - 270.5, BUT, with all votes now having bearing, all states, even the very red and the very blue would have more at stake and would likely see actual campaigning.
(And to think I proofread this . . .)