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liberalpragmatist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:15 PM
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32. No, it's not a bad compromise
Like I said below, I much prefer a simple nationwide popular vote. Frankly, the only real downside that I can find is that it would make election nights a hell of a lot less fun (Watching the states come in is like a sports match. Who the hell wants to sit around just waiting for the results to come in?).

But if it had to be a proportional split, that's fine with me.

Even better would be to abolish live electors and award electoral votes automatically to the nearest tenth of a percent. And establish a 40% threshold in the EC so that it won't always go to the House. If nobody gets at least 40% of the EV, then there would be a national runoff between just the top two candidates.
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  -Electoral College Reform Ideas? DistressedAmerican  Dec-09-04 12:02 PM   #0 
  - Leave it the way it is!  eaprez   Dec-09-04 12:15 PM   #1 
  - These two issues are not mutually exclusive  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 12:42 PM   #4 
     - I guess my larger point was that I don't have a problem with  eaprez   Dec-09-04 01:45 PM   #6 
     - I guess my larger point was that I don't have a problem with  eaprez   Dec-09-04 01:45 PM   #7 
  - Be careful what you wish for..............  Truman01   Dec-09-04 12:19 PM   #2 
  - These are good points  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 12:37 PM   #3 
     - I don't see how proportional representation is any different than  Truman01   Dec-09-04 04:38 PM   #26 
        - The system we have has REAL problems  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 04:46 PM   #28 
           - the EC has NOTHING to do with protecting slavery.  Truman01   Dec-09-04 05:27 PM   #34 
  - How's about we go back to the original constitution  Yupster   Dec-09-04 01:37 PM   #5 
  - Except for the rigging of the vote for the state legislature.  greenohio   Dec-09-04 01:46 PM   #9 
  - Sounds fairly parliamentary to me...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 01:47 PM   #10 
     - The original idea  Yupster   Dec-09-04 08:52 PM   #42 
  - It ain't broke. Don't fix it.  blackangrydem   Dec-09-04 01:46 PM   #8 
  - Please elaborate...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 01:48 PM   #11 
     - The constitution as it is written allows each State to have a voice.  blackangrydem   Dec-09-04 01:52 PM   #13 
        - I don't know...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:31 PM   #20 
           - American...  blackangrydem   Dec-09-04 02:34 PM   #21 
              - In 1776 maybe...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:48 PM   #22 
              - Does keeping the college and splitting the votes...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:50 PM   #23 
                 - No, it's not a bad compromise  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 05:15 PM   #32 
  - Since I live in a red state my vote never counts  ernstbass   Dec-09-04 01:49 PM   #12 
  - That wouldn't be bad, but it wouldn't take turnout into account  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 02:00 PM   #14 
     - That's a good point...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:08 PM   #16 
        - If we set nationwide standards for a recount, it's fine  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 02:19 PM   #17 
           - It is worth the cost to me too...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:25 PM   #19 
  - The electoral college is against one-man-one-vote  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 02:07 PM   #15 
  - Great post  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 02:23 PM   #18 
     - About rural areas  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 03:04 PM   #24 
        - Hadn't thought of it that way...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 03:17 PM   #25 
        - Actually, your proposal is sort of similar to the Humphrey Proposal  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 05:00 PM   #30 
           - There's the middle ground I was looking for...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 05:12 PM   #31 
              - I'm very much against a "none of the above" ballot option  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 05:25 PM   #33 
              - Also, the runoff idea is mine, not Humphrey's  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 05:36 PM   #35 
                 - Humphrey is a bit before my time  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 05:45 PM   #36 
                    - Oh, he's well before my time  liberalpragmatist   Dec-09-04 06:06 PM   #38 
                       - Great site,  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 06:24 PM   #41 
        - Rural areas  XemaSab   Dec-09-04 06:21 PM   #40 
  - 1 person 1 vote  andino   Dec-09-04 04:42 PM   #27 
  - or at least the politicians...  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 04:47 PM   #29 
  - each state dolling out delegates based on the Pct of the popular vote  SoiledEarthLink   Dec-09-04 06:02 PM   #37 
     - As noted this is not about engineering Democratic wins,  DistressedAmerican   Dec-09-04 06:10 PM   #39 
 

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