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Should the USA do away with the electoral college?
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:20 am
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:20 am
If included in the Constitutional amendment to do away with it included very strict voter fraud regulations (i.e. showing a FREE ID)?
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Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:20 am to WeeWee
frick no
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:20 am to WeeWee
No
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:21 am to WeeWee
Those are separate issues.
Keep the EC.
Keep the EC.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:21 am to WeeWee
No
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:21 am to WeeWee
nope. Electoral college makes it so where the big cities can't control everything.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:21 am to WeeWee
No
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:22 am to genro
What exactly is the advantage of an electoral college over a simple whoever gets the most votes wins?
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:23 am to catholictigerfan
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nope. Electoral college makes it so where the big cities can't control everything.
Not really. Look at the map of Ohio of Colorado in the last 2 elections. Most of the state geographically red but the cities voted blue and the dems won.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:24 am to WeeWee
quote:Should the USA do away with states rights?
Should the USA do away with the electoral college?
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:24 am to WeeWee
Republicans would never win an election again, so you won't get much support on this board. I am fairly liberal and I don't think I could support it either.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:24 am to WeeWee
No
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:25 am to TigernMS12
Without the EC, New York, LA, and Chicago would decide every election. Most states wouldn't have an iota of power. Our population is highly disparate, not evenly distributed, yet we still have state sovereignty. Thats the way our country is set up. States matter. Removing the EC neuters the states in incredibly Unconstitutional, and frankly, un-American ways.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:25 am to TigernMS12
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What exactly is the advantage of an electoral college over a simple whoever gets the most votes wins?
It keeps four or five states from dictating their outlook of government on the whole country.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:26 am to BACONisMEATcandy
I like it when conservatives look at the electoral map and go "so much of it is red!!!"
Well, yeah, but we're not electing people based on square footage.
Well, yeah, but we're not electing people based on square footage.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:26 am to NC_Tigah
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Should the USA do away with states rights?
It pretty much has.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:27 am to Homesick Tiger
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It keeps four or five states from dictating their outlook of government on the whole country.
Iowa, Ohio, Florida, and now Virginia say hi
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:27 am to FT
I'm glad you got a nice chuckle from a hypothetical straw man in your head.
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:28 am to FT
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Well, yeah, but we're not electing people based on square footage.
I think you're on to something!
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 11:28 am
Posted on 10/23/14 at 11:28 am to TigernMS12
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What exactly is the advantage of an electoral college over a simple whoever gets the most votes wins?
Some sort of certainty.
You want every close election to be like Florida 2000 - everywhere? Imagine 1960 or 2000 - with 100% precinct by precinct recounts, nationwide.
Because the mantra would be "every vote counts" - the Republican voter suppression machine against the Democrat voter fraud machine FTMFW.
No thanks.
This post was edited on 10/23/14 at 11:29 am
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