Democrats in Virginia and across the country have derided a Republican effort to change how some states award their Electoral College votes in presidential elections. But Democrats pushed nearly identical measures for years when Virginia was a reliable GOP stronghold.

Virginia now awards its 13 electoral votes to the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote. The Republican bill, to be taken up this week by a Senate committee, would end the winner-take-all approach and award an electoral vote for each congressional district won, which means the state’s electoral votes would be split between candidates.