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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Bilow who wrote (181990)2/16/2006 4:30:07 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The fact that presidential votes have recently been very close to equal is not due to a problem with the electoral college,

Actually there is a systemic problem with the Electoral College. It gives less populated states a disproportionate share of electoral votes, as they have the same two senators that more populated states have. This gives any party which appeals to the more rural states which have fewer people in them (currently the Republican party) an automatic advantage (though perhaps it should be added that it may not necessarily be the case that either party would automatically appeal to a majority of those states--but right now, the GOP does). And also is why efforts to reform the Electoral College or get rid of it altogether are doomed from the start. (Not to mention efforts to allow DC voting representation in Congress, a different but somewhat related issue.)
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