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Guess Dems are still frothing over their 2000 loss.
The electoral college isn’t why Romney lost. The Dems knew what states they needed and manipulated the machines to produce the desired result. No I can’t prove it but think about this:
Romney got 57 million votes on Tuesday and McCain got 60 million votes in 2008. Let me say that again Romney got 57 million votes on Tuesday and McCain got 60 million votes in 2008. Can anyone in their right mind think that is true?
Sorry I’m just not buying it. Undoubtedly there was massive voter machine manipulation going on.
Total Votes = 372 - Yes 207 Votes, or 55.64% - No 165 Votes, or 44.35%
I still prefer the system they use in the uk which means that the leader of the party that takes 50%+ of most seats in the House equivalent runs the Govt. Does away with the electoral college and makes the house elections much more important. I’d also make a law that the President must currently hold office, i.e congress, senate or Gov when they run for the Presidency for a time of no less than 4 years. Congress term should be upped to 4 years. If they want to be President, they should be currently elected.
The Senate and then used as a back up to stop or pass the houses bills but can’t write laws.
I’d make the President come once a week to the house to answer congressmen’s questions like the British PM has to do.
Reform is seriously needed in the electoral dept.
No! Absolutely not. The Electoral College is one of the few remaining obstacles to Liberal totalitarianism and destruction of the sovereignty of the States of the Union and the individual voters in those states.
No! Absolutely not. The Electoral College is one of the few remaining obstacles to Liberal totalitarianism and destruction of the sovereignty of the States of the Union and the individual voters in those states.
Anyone who wants to get rid of the Electoral College needs to go back and read the Founders to understand why it exists.
Yes, he was the first ever to enroll as a foreign student.
No.
Vote was pretty even when I looked.
A popular vote, in a close presidential election, could easily result in recounts in every single voting precinct in the country, coast to coast. It would definitely result in more Acorn-type activity in populous blue states.
A more useful poll would be “Should the world series be decided on the traditional basis of ‘best four out of seven’ games or on the basis of total runs scored (or hits, stolen bases, fewest pitches, fewest errors, fewest players, coaches, managers ejected ... etc.)?
They don’t have a “Hell no!” option.
What needs to be gotten rid of is open primaries. Why in the world does the GOP let non-party members have so much power in selecting who will be the GOP presidential representative?
It the republicans ever want a really candidate they need to restrict primary voting to party members only. Otherwise we will be stuck with more losers. If your chosen candidate can’t excite the base, he’s the wrong candidate.