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The genius of the Electoral College and why it shouldn't be changed
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:32 pm
On full display last night and today.
Eliminating it or changing it significantly would be a mistake.
Eliminating it or changing it significantly would be a mistake.
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Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:33 pm to weagle99
I wonder how genius it would be if the results were reversed
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:34 pm to weagle99
I tend to agree - explain further
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:34 pm to Salmon
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I wonder how genius it would be if the results were reversed
Impossible.
Dems have the Coasts...forever and ever and ever.
You can't lose popular election owning the Coasts.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:34 pm to Salmon
My opinion would be no different had Hillary won.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:35 pm to haikarate
Among other things it keeps the large population centers from dictating every Presidential election.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:36 pm to weagle99
The EC should be broken down to congressional districts for all states like Maine...
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:36 pm to Salmon
quote:
I wonder how genius it would be if the results were reversed
For me it would be the same. Around 10pm last night I was thinking this might be the reverse of Bush/Gore and would have been perfectly fine accepting that.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:38 pm to LSURulzSEC
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The EC should be broken down to congressional districts for all states like Maine...
Maybe congressional district would be too uneven, but it absolutely needs to be broken down.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:39 pm to weagle99
While I don't ever want a purely popular vote to decide the election, I do see merit in the way Nebraska and Maine do it. Awarding the "House" votes by congressional district is probably a more fair way of distributing the votes. While I was happy the way 2000 worked out, Bush getting 29/537 EC votes for Florida when he only won by 537 votes is pretty crazy.
Fun fact - if the EC was proportional rather than winner-take-all, Romney would have won in 2012
Fun fact - if the EC was proportional rather than winner-take-all, Romney would have won in 2012
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:41 pm to haikarate
Want an explanation? With the EC, then the only real states that matter are California, New York, and Illinois.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:44 pm to weagle99
"The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy."
Donald Trump 11/6/12
Donald Trump 11/6/12
Posted on 11/9/16 at 3:49 pm to weagle99
I would like to see the number of electoral votes changed to reflect the number of registered voters. California gets 55 electoral votes. Numbers I saw showed only about 8 million people voted. New York gets 29. Numbers show about 7 million votes cast in that state. So a vote in California is worth more than a vote in New York.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 5:45 pm to graves1
And votes in small states are worth more than Cali.
You are seeing the beauty
You are seeing the beauty
Posted on 11/9/16 at 5:46 pm to weagle99
If it were district based, then 49% of the people who live in California would actually have a vote.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 5:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Tell that to Reagan.
Dems have the Coasts...forever and ever and ever.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 5:48 pm to weagle99
The electoral college is in place to prevent one party from taking an insurmountable lead, which would lead to decade after decade of one party.
Posted on 11/9/16 at 6:08 pm to weagle99
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And votes in small states are worth more than Cali.
You are seeing the beauty
So the beauty is that the EC favors certain voters over others?
Isn't that, like, rigged?
Posted on 11/9/16 at 6:19 pm to weagle99
Number of congressional districts and electors should be based on voting age population. Children don't pay taxes and don't vote.
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