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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: American Spirit who wrote (75594)11/15/2000 12:05:29 PM
From: Bob  Read Replies (2) of 769667
 
American Spirit: it is not as simple as that.

One of the main reasons the Electoral College was created was to force a candidate to "speak" to the entire country.
If we do away with the EC, a candidate would just go to the population centers and promise the voters everything under the sun. He would ignore the least populated states. The EC gives a voice to the entire country.

And for that reason, you will never get an amendment to do away with it because you would be taking the power away from the states and they would never agree to that.
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