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To: GilesB

Look at the way the EC is distributed now. States with high populations already have the majority of electoral college votes. States with few EC votes are rarely campaigned in except when they would make a difference.


32 posted on 04/16/2014 11:39:30 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Look at the way the EC is distributed now. States with high populations already have the majority of electoral college votes. States with few EC votes are rarely campaigned in except when they would make a difference.

Very true. People like to pretend the Electoral College & its current winner-takes-all approach does not already disenfranchise many.

For those of us who refuse to support the Big Two, the current system is the most significant barrier to the national rise of additional political parties (which isn't to say I like the system referred to in the article any better).

39 posted on 04/16/2014 11:50:55 AM PDT by gdani (Every day, your Govt surveils you more than the day before)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That’s true - but a popular vote would just make it worse.


40 posted on 04/16/2014 11:53:33 AM PDT by GilesB
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