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Most in U.S. would scrap Electoral College
UPI ^ | 10-24-11 | staff

Posted on 10/24/2011 9:42:48 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Most Americans say they would amend the Constitution to swap the Electoral College with a popular-vote system to elect the president, a poll indicates.

Sixty-two percent of Americans prefer replacing the Electoral College and 35 percent would keep the current method for electing presidents, results from a Gallup poll released Monday indicated.

For the first time since the disputed 2000 presidential election, the majority of Republicans said they favor amending the Constitution, the Princeton, N.J., polling agency said.

That year, Democrat Al Gore won the national popular vote but Republican George W. Bush wound up with more electoral votes and was elected.

Those who advocate abolishing the Electoral College said they thought the system puts undue emphasis on a small number of swing states, Gallup said. Americans generally agree that the United States should adopt a system in which the popular vote prevails.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitution; elections; ignorance; politics; uwldylkgoebbels; wecantwait; worldcantwait
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To: afraidfortherepublic
That is because they are ignorant of the purpose or intent of the Electoral College!!

The result would be candidates campaigning in only the half-dozen most populace states, as THEY would determine the election!

Anybody surprised that 40 years of dumbing down our civics and history curricula contributes to this result?

21 posted on 10/24/2011 9:50:42 AM PDT by G Larry (I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his character)
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To: atc23

No electoral college means no campaigning in about half the states.


22 posted on 10/24/2011 9:50:47 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
This comes up now and then... i recall Hillary! chiming idiocracisms on this score a few years ago. Every time it comes up, they issue the same ridiculousness, and conservatives have to respond to set it right again.


23 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:07 AM PDT by C210N (zer0 - a Marxonist spreading the flames of obamunism wherever he goes.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

We

Are

Doomed

You want Democracy? Look at the Middle East, and Africa.


24 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:19 AM PDT by To-Whose-Benefit? (It is Error alone which needs the support of Government. The Truth can stand by itself.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My tagline explains why the Founding Fathers developed the Electoral College.


25 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:19 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
There is a mechanism for making this change. It's called a Constitutional Amendment.

Liberals should get busy working on this right away. It will keep them busy for a half century.

People think they want it because they are stupid.

Eventually, they'll come to understand that it would mean the 10 or so largest cities in the US will pick the president.

Good luck getting ratification in two thirds of the states when that truth becomes known.

26 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:40 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Coffee... Black... No Sugar

Same for small towns and rural areas everywhere in the country.

I live 70 miles from Detroit and about 30 miles from Ann Arbor. My little town has more in common with mars than it does either one of those hell holes.


27 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:40 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

that’s because the vast majority of americans have no knowledge of the u.s. constitution.


28 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:40 AM PDT by ken21
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To: rednek

If the voter rolls were purged, a voter id system put in place and everyone had to re-register, although I would still NOT go for it, however it would be more representative of how this country really votes.

I would do Congress by District and Sentorial and Presidential by county. This way, as an example, NYC would have the same electoral vote value as Watertown. Gets rid of cheating.

When the left complains, there can be no disenfranchisement because if NYC wants to stuff the ballot box, it only affects the one county, hence only one vote. It doesn’t impact the entire state.


29 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:47 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (I am a Cainiac)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Polling is bought and paid for, not gauge public opinion, but to shape public opinion.

Anyone who has studied the left knows they have had the EC in their sights for a long time. The polls are bogus, but will provide cover as they ram this through.

After this, look for the two Senators per state to come under fire.


30 posted on 10/24/2011 9:51:54 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: afraidfortherepublic

combine this fact with the democrats wanting to allow illegals to vote and you can clearly see what the 2012 obama re-election plan is:

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the entire United States. The National Popular Vote law has been enacted by states possessing 132 electoral votes — 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate it.


31 posted on 10/24/2011 9:52:01 AM PDT by edzo4 (You call us the 'Party Of No', I call us the resistance.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

A simple rule for the good: If the UPI, NYT, LAT, etc are pressing for it...especially for a poll they’e conducted....it is NOT a good thing.

This article is a prime example of the failure of our joke of an education system (populated by teaching union members whose only distingishing characteristic is existing at the bottom of the SAT barrel).

There is a reason for the electoral college. Too bad the MSM never learned it.


32 posted on 10/24/2011 9:52:36 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: central_va
Repealing the 17th amendment would help the republic a lot. Yes, it would. However, what is supposed to help the demonstrated ignorance of the populace? The franchise having been so diluted, the survival of the Republic is in doubt.

Democracy = The Tyranny of the Ignorant.

33 posted on 10/24/2011 9:53:08 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Only homophobes and racists would object to a gay Kenyan Communist as President.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Well, then “most” would be very unhappy when less than 10 states dictate national policy to all.


34 posted on 10/24/2011 9:53:49 AM PDT by edpc (Former Normalcy Bias Victim)
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To: hoosierham
Democracy is nothing more than mob rule!!

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on "what's for lunch."

35 posted on 10/24/2011 9:54:12 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it!”


36 posted on 10/24/2011 9:54:31 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: C210N

Interesting that it comes up now that the “99%” are out in the street claiming to be a vast majority.


37 posted on 10/24/2011 9:55:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek (A vote for Amnesty is a vote for a permanent Democrat majority. ..Choose well.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

More fools who believe a lie.


38 posted on 10/24/2011 9:55:09 AM PDT by bmwcyle (Obama is a Communist, a Muslim, and an illegal alien)
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To: rednek

...Agreed. A majority rule vote is a mob rule vote. That’s the reason for a Republic and not a democracy...


39 posted on 10/24/2011 9:55:39 AM PDT by gargoyle (...it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
Most in U.S. would scrap Electoral College

Most in U.S. are complete idiots. Did they not learn anything from Florida 2000? Without the electoral college, we would have recounts in every Dem city in the US every single election. No Republican would ever win the Presidency again. Every four years, the recounts in Chicago and Philadelphia would each generate an additional 10 million votes for the Democrat candidate, just to be sure.

40 posted on 10/24/2011 9:55:56 AM PDT by Hoodat (Because they do not change, Therefore they do not fear God. -Psalm 55:19-)
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