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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ilaine who wrote (6567)	12/26/2000 10:45:52 AM
From: chomolungma	Respond to of 6710

I think the natural evolution of the electoral college, if there is one, will be to go to Congressional Districts each having one elector. I think that this would favor the Republicans. The present makeup of the House might lead you to believe that the country is pretty evenly divided in districts that are Republican versus Democratic. But I think this is misleading. The trend seems to be that the Democrats are winning those areas that are urban and winning them by large margins. I would rather win 5 districts by 5 percent and lose one by 30 percent than vice versa. Florida was a good example of this phenomenon and we know by the famous "red/blue" map that the Democrats are becoming very isolated in the big cities. Personally, I don't see much movement in the electoral college, but I know the small states aren't going to voluntarily give up their advantage.