Posted on 10/24/2011 9:42:48 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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?
No electoral college means no campaigning in about half the states.
We
Are
Doomed
You want Democracy? Look at the Middle East, and Africa.
My tagline explains why the Founding Fathers developed the Electoral College.
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.
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.
that’s because the vast majority of americans have no knowledge of the u.s. constitution.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Democracy = The Tyranny of the Ignorant.
Well, then “most” would be very unhappy when less than 10 states dictate national policy to all.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on "what's for lunch."
“A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it!”
Interesting that it comes up now that the “99%” are out in the street claiming to be a vast majority.
More fools who believe a lie.
...Agreed. A majority rule vote is a mob rule vote. That’s the reason for a Republic and not a democracy...
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.
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