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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Sun Jun-08-08 10:33 AM
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10. Brazil has as many people going to the polls as the US has. Popular vote.

And our elections go by just fine. Much less post-electoral sour grapes too.

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-What would campaigns be like if there was no Electoral College?	D-Sooner	Jun-08-08 09:09 AM	#0
- Big states? Hell, they'd never get out of the big cities . . .	MrModerate	Jun-08-08 09:13 AM	#1
- But 5,000 votes in California are worth more than 5,000 in Providence. Not fair. nt	MookieWilson	Jun-08-08 09:20 AM	#4
- Certainly they could be worth more . . .	MrModerate	Jun-08-08 09:33 AM	#7
- Isn't it the other way around?	petronius	Jun-08-08 11:14 AM	#13
- There's a famous photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt...	MookieWilson	Jun-08-08 11:19 AM	#15
- It's not really the size of the state, though	Bill McBlueState	Jun-08-08 12:04 PM	#22
- Remember when they did the redistricting??	PaDUer	Jun-08-08 12:13 PM	#24
- Except that 5000 votes in Wyoming are worth more than 5000 in California	HawkerHurricane	Jun-08-08 11:15 AM	#14
- A one vote margin in CA is worth more than one in Wyoming. nt	MookieWilson	Jun-08-08 11:27 AM	#17
- That's true, the large states are more influential in an election,	petronius	Jun-08-08 11:52 AM	#20
- A one vote margin...	HawkerHurricane	Jun-08-08 12:11 PM	#23
- The odds are that if they were campaigning heavily in just those areas they	Zynx	Jun-08-08 11:26 AM	#16
- It wouldn't even necessarily be based on states...	nickinSTL	Jun-08-08 09:14 AM	#2
- As it is now big cities and states are ignored.	Middle finga	Jun-08-08 09:28 AM	#5
- But the "elitist" candidate won the flat state and the other the coasts. The electoral college...	MookieWilson	Jun-08-08 10:29 AM	#9
- Yep	D-Sooner	Jun-08-08 09:30 AM	#6
- which would be awesome...	Bill McBlueState	Jun-08-08 12:01 PM	#21
- I think doing away with the EC would be a lot better for democracy	Middle finga	Jun-08-08 09:17 AM	#3
- And, if there were election theft, we'd have to focus on the WHOLE country.	Festivito	Jun-08-08 09:39 AM	#8
- Brazil has as many people going to the polls as the US has. Popular vote.	Commie Pinko Dirtbag	Jun-08-08 10:33 AM	#10
- It's not hard at all to convince virtually anyone that the E.C. is a bad idea.	Towlie	Jun-08-08 10:49 AM	#11
- Keep the Electoral College! I'll never have to waste a vote on a Democrat or a Republican!	ToeBot	Jun-08-08 11:04 AM	#12
- National Popular Vote	Bill McBlueState	Jun-08-08 11:43 AM	#18
- It would be much better for democracy	Bill McBlueState	Jun-08-08 11:50 AM	#19

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