LOVE ! You look awesome ! <| sep |> The compelling argument is that the hypothetical situation described above would have republican votes actually count for the presidential election in California , which would change voting and campaigning behavior which would give us an unknown number of new and or different votes compared to our current system . Again , no it wouldn ' t , for exactly the same reasons . Right now , campaigning in California is just as unimportant for Democrats because they will win CA , regardless as it is for Republicans because they will lose CA , regardless . If you change the system to be proportional , the change to incentives both for campaigns and for voters in nonswing states is symmetric , and therefore is unlikely to significantly change outcomes . It will impact the way that campaign resources are distributed between states , but the changes will be symmetrical i . e . both campaigns will focus more resources on California and therefore the effects within states will most likely cancel out between the two parties , by increasing turnout for both sides by approximately the same proportion .