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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (86551)12/10/2000 1:06:53 PM
From: benwood  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Wayne,

Considering how few instances there have been with a lower-vote-getter becoming president, I don't think that you have a valid argument about the popular-vote-wins issue.

I agree that the problem would be in the method of voting, and much more uniformity would be needed. I agree that we would still want to keep that a State's right, however.

I would also be open to a modified electorate -- one I've thought about instead of the winner take all would be that the winner of a state takes just TWO, plus a percentage of the rest based on popular vote. In Florida, for instance, that would give Bush perhaps 15 and Gore 10.

But I agree, State's rights should not get further whittled. Ironically, Gore would probably win Florida if the US Supreme Court decided it could not meddle in the way a state is handling it's own election results.

--Ben



To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (86551)12/10/2000 1:18:14 PM
From: BGR  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Wayne,

...not to mention that the popular vote would put more power in the hands of highly populated regions with specific
needs, values, etc... at the expense of larger geographic regions with smaller populations and another unique set of
problems, values etc...

The electoral college does exactly the opposite. Why is that a better alternative?

-BGR.


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