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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KyrosL who wrote (5235)	11/8/2000 10:50:56 PM
From: Joe S Pack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Our current system needs some remedies to make it a better system. 1) How to increase voter participation: In many countries around the world election day is declared holiday or it is held on weekend holidays. I think US have courage to do that so that it would increase voter participation. 2) Get rid of electoral voting system which was established two hundred plus years ago by thirteen states. This system leads to a wrong decision where even when a candidate wins the popular votes, he/she can lose. What this does unfairly is that it gives some people's vote more importance than that of others. ( I don't care whether Gore wins or Bush wins now.) Given this fundamental weakness in the current system, it is prudent to eliminate it as soon as possible to keep our democracy living for ever. -Nat (I am neither Democrat nor Republican nor belong to any other party now.)

To: KyrosL who wrote (5235)	11/8/2000 11:16:07 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

I would vote for the person that got the majority of the popular vote. True... that's a good point, EXCEPT when it comes to choosing the candidate that would represent the widest number of states. Gore won the popular vote in the most populist states in the union, but only by a 200,000 share margin. More importantly, Bush won 29 states compared to 20 for Gore and that should be a greater issue. But you're right, I was thinking earlier today about that fact that Gore didn't carry his own state and its irrelevance from an electoral delegates point of view.