Posted on 10/28/2012 1:48:08 AM PDT by SMGFan
A month ago, there would have been overwhelming Democratic support for this. Today? Not so much.
Swing states would retain their importance in the Electoral College, but the additional 29 delegates awarded to the popular-vote winner would fundamentally alter the focus of the campaigns. Candidates would have to target voters in states they have no chance of winning, as well as in states they have no chance of losing…
Most analysts believe the 2012 election will be decided by fewer than 29 Electoral College votes.
The timing of the resolution from Israel, the head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is curious since there is increasing speculation that for the fifth time in history, the 2012 presidential election could result in a split between the popular vote and Electoral College decision. And in this case, most of the speculation has been that President Obama might win the Electoral College while losing the popular vote.
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How about we just repeal the 17th amendment provisions that take away States Rights to appoint Senators rather then elect them with their campaign contributions coming from other States.
If Senators were appointed there would be a whole new dynamic between the Federal Government and the States.
How about 1 “vote” for every dollar of federal taxes paid over the last 4 years? And moving election day and tax day to the same day, instead of almost exactly 6 months apart?
Don’t overcomplexify. Try this one for size: each person gets one vote for every dollar they pay to the United States Treasury in income taxes. You bring your 1040 to the polling place, and the line “total tax” determines the size of your voting bloc.
Use to hear something along the lines you shouldn’t be able to vote unless you’re a property owner years ago. Now many years I understand why. Not that I totally agree with that but your values and beliefs shift when you have to pay property taxes, have a family, are earning a decent income and begin to learn just how many ways we are taxed and fee’d to death by the local and federal governments. The frustration of having to hand over so much of your income and the realization that it’s for the government to blow your money on social programs, pork, and funding for utopian fantasy ideals will turn any liberal into a conservative.
Don’t overcomplexify. Try this one for size: each person gets one vote for every dollar they pay to the United States Treasury in income taxes. You bring your 1040 to the polling place, and the line “total tax” determines the size of your voting bloc.
Use to hear something along the lines you shouldn’t be able to vote unless you’re a property owner years ago. Now many years I understand why. Not that I totally agree with that but your values and beliefs shift when you have to pay property taxes, have a family, are earning a decent income and begin to learn just how many ways we are taxed and fee’d to death by the local and federal governments. The frustration of having to hand over so much of your income and the realization that it’s for the government to blow your money on social programs, pork, and funding for utopian fantasy ideals will turn any liberal into a conservative.
How about we just give each county one electoral vote? Of course we could just rely on convincing enough voters to vote for our candidate so we don’t have to game the system.
Like so much else produced by our much-maligned founding fathers, the electoral college reflects a prescience and wisdom that, for the most part, have served use well.
I'm absolutely certain Governor McDonnell and lt. Governor Bolling would love to approve this process ~ just to simplify things and get the preliminaries over with as soon as possible.
Bipartisanship at its finest eh!
That'd be like painting a target on the top end taxpayers too ~ and you can imagine how that would encourage them to pay more, right?
America dropped the property ownership standard long ago for some good reasons, one of which was so many Americans owned property AND the government was giving away land!
The government still has 30% of all the land and they could give that away too reinfranchising us all.
Why not take away the vote of anyone who uses federal reserve notes rather than silver and gold as money?
Take that one step further, and you have my plan. Not only do you bring your 1040, you file your taxes and cut the check right then and there (no weekly withholding). You get as many votes as dollars you pay. If you want more votes, feel free to cut a bigger check. You can’t pay/vote less, though.
Imagine everyone knowing exactly how much they pay in taxes, then having to vote. Might start voting for folks that advocate lower taxes.
Sounds like a plan. Run with it
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