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In reply to the discussion: Only thing worse than The Electoral College are right-wing halfway measures to change it. [View all]SickOfTheOnePct
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Only thing worse than The Electoral College are right-wing halfway measures to change it. [View all]
CreekDog
Nov 2012
OP
The most new electoral votes that would be added for Puerto Rico would be 2
SickOfTheOnePct
Nov 2012
#7
No it would be 3 and Puerto Rico if state, would obviously get house reps
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#8
then DC would decrease to 2 so it would seem the law would change before that happens
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#10
oh,sorry- I see...(then lets pull them from Wyoming and Kansas and SD and
graham4anything
Nov 2012
#12
New York City and Los Angeles don't have rallies because their EV's aren't in doubt.
hughee99
Nov 2012
#23
Your freeper like idiocy doesn't deserve anything less than derision and scorn.
Son of Gob
Nov 2012
#46
Sure they do, just like urban areas deserve to have their concerns addressed
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#62
Don't really want to debate the overrepresentation thing, that's not really the point
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#68
Yes, that's what my OP says, and that's what the post you're responding to says
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#20
I'm not a 'good is the enemy of the perfect' kind of person, an EC-hybrid approach isn't *good*
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#28
Then it will never happen because the small states needed to pass an amendment are the same who...
JVS
Nov 2012
#55
I've been looking for an election map broken down by Congressional district
SickOfTheOnePct
Nov 2012
#25
Uh the election breakdown by congressional district is approximately the
Warren Stupidity
Nov 2012
#27
Take away 2 electoral votes from each state, that will make it more proportional population-wise.
Odin2005
Nov 2012
#32
But you wouldn't see it "all over the country" with a straight popular vote.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#37
I disagree, Democrats would visit Idaho and Oklahoma if there were no electoral college
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#50
Have you ever worked on a campaign? Doing ONLY GOTV makes no sense whatsoever
Hippo_Tron
Nov 2012
#56
You're wrong. Obama won the majority of his votes from safe blue states this election.
NYC Liberal
Nov 2012
#60
Here are the states joining the "right wing attempt" to fix the Electoral College
SickOfTheOnePct
Nov 2012
#39
Give each state 1 electoral vote, tied to that state's popular vote.
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#48
No it isn't. Why should 1 state get a candidate more than 25% to the finish line?
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#63