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To: Remember_Salamis
Thanks for posting the EV count for that method, I did not know them.

In a way, such a method would make the Presidental race overly populist.
Whereas candidates now focus on a handful of "battleground" states and said states issues in play;
EV by cong dist would mean that each cong dist is worth the same so populist themes would go farther - esp. in urban districts that have only 40,000 voters

that's my $0.02

217 posted on 08/29/2004 10:28:30 AM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Sorry Kerry, you're 3 decimal places adrift: 3,000,000 not 3,000 "displaced"/murdered SE Asians)
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To: TeleStraightShooter

"Thanks for posting the EV count for that method, I did not know them.
In a way, such a method would make the Presidental race overly populist.
Whereas candidates now focus on a handful of "battleground" states and said states issues in play;
EV by cong dist would mean that each cong dist is worth the same so populist themes would go farther - esp. in urban districts that have only 40,000 voters

that's my $0.02"

-- Populism would do down because the State Legislatures would become "Kingmakers", drawing the congressional district lines. This would put the emphasis on controlling the legislature to control the presidency to some extent. And it's pretty hard to use mass media and pupulism to win a state rep. distict.


250 posted on 08/29/2004 2:00:44 PM PDT by Remember_Salamis (Freedom is Not Free)
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