States used to distribute state senate districts based on geography.
The ill-advised SCOTUS 1964 Baker vs Carr decision ended that.
I'm am certain the NYTimes loved it.
Posted on 08/28/2004 11:34:36 PM PDT by Former Military Chick
Well for one, 500,000 votes is miniscule for an American election. It says nothing of who's more popular. That's an attempt by the writer to use a big looking number to make his point look better. Second, Gore didn't the majority, so that doesn't work either. A runoff would probably have been necessary, and Bush could have won a runoff.
With our country divided into states, something like the Electoral Collage is necessary. Without it, a few big cities would decide the close elections.
Most ridiculous is this idiot trying to make the electoral college look like a few hundred people deciding the outcome of the election. I'm sorry, but that's hilariously stupid. The electors are decided by the results from each state, and going state by state, each state getting a say, is the best way to go.
Let's see now. kerry wins 49 states by 50,000 votes each. Pres Bush wins Texas by 3,000,000 votes. BUSH WINS!
Let's see now. kerry wins 49 states by 50,000 votes each. Pres Bush wins Texas by 3,000,000 votes. BUSH WINS!
lol
So what's the problem?
I think this is where someone would inject the "slippery slope" theory.
Excellent post.
A runoff?
I like your method. Lets put into action.
I knew one of the Texas electors.
Uh, when did the originally system ever have the US Senate choose both the President and the VP??
Really, it never happened. The electoral college has always picked the President and Vice-President. When there was no majority or a tie, then the House of Representatives, with the States each having ONE vote chooses the President, and the Senate chooses the Vice-President.
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The real reason the Slimes wants to get rid of the EC is that it is a major barrier to election fraud.
No matter how many votes the Dems cook up in Chicago, NYC, LA, etc, it doesn't matter past the point that the Dems "win" those states.
The only states where fraud will really help the Dems then are the battleground states where their political machines are unlikely to be very strong, and rampant fraud somewhat likely to be caught...
So, remove the EC, and all the sudden the fraud we all know goes on in big cities via Democrat election officials allow them to "win" every presidential election that isn't a Republican blow out.
"Yeah, I'm sure port security is at the top of the list of concerns of the average resident of Syracuse."
Actually, with the port of Oswego only 35 miles directly upwind, port security does get some thought here in Syracuse.
Wisconsin has two senators and neither of them represent our state's interests. I don't know what they do.
Whereas Kerry and Kennedy have sucked up millions of tax dollars from the rest of the nation for the Big Dig.
Liberals always howl "Count Every Vote!" or "Every Vote Counts!" but they never seem to practice what they preach.
States used to distribute state senate districts based on geography.
The ill-advised SCOTUS 1964 Baker vs Carr decision ended that.
I'm am certain the NYTimes loved it.
They have been taught incorrectly. A democracy is five wolves and a labd voting on whats for lunch. This a constitutional republic.
No matter how many times history has proven the danger of "pure" democracy, aka mob rule, the NYT just won't give up on it.
Wanna stop the "dump the electoral college" people in their tracks?
Ask them if they wanted a Florida-style recount in ALL 50 STATES in 2000 because the two candidates came within the margin of error that should require a recount. Can you imagine the chaos and dirty tricks that would happen? Or would they want NO recourse for a narrow loser in the national popular vote?
Sorry. One state of that sort of hokum was plenty enough for me.
The electoral college is one of the most ingenius things our founding fathers have devised. Once in a blue moon it creates a controversy like it did in 2000 but most of the time it settles arguments rather that starts them and we should be grateful for that.
They have been taught incorrectly. A democracy is five wolves and a labd voting on whats for lunch. This a constitutional republic.
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