None of the Texas electors surveyed by The Associated Press said they would consider voting for anyone but Gov. George W. Bush. But some said the Electoral College system should be re-evaluated in light of Gore's capture of the nation's popular vote. The Associated Press interviewed 26 of the 32 Republican electors in Texas. While some Democrats have suggested Republicans should switch to Gore in light of allegations of voter irregularities in Florida, Texas Republicans scoffed at the notion, as did all GOP electors surveyed around the nation. The Electoral College awards states one vote for each congressional district and each senator.
Big states have more votes, small states have fewer.
The system gives smaller states a slightly bigger voice and it negates wide popular-vote majorities. Betsy Lake of Houston said she has mixed emotions about revising the system. I think we might do some changing of it. I understand the small states' concerns, so I am not entirely certain that we should go entirely to a popular vote. There are some problems with it, certainly.