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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26082)	5/27/2004 12:52:55 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 81568

The electoral college isn't fair, but Kerry still looks very strong. I love it that he's closing in on Bush in formerly safe red states and that Kerry leads Bush in California by 15%, despite Arnold.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (26082)	5/27/2004 1:03:34 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

I don't like the electoral college either. I prefer a majority vote, same as with all elections. That said, the electoral college isn't going away any time soon, so you have to play the game the way it is laid out. That means that the election will inevitably be played out in a handful of states, and you'd better focus your energy on those states to win. It's unfortunate, because people that live in states where the outcome is pretty well decided might not feel their vote counted for much, or they might not vote at all. That of course would be a huge mistake, as there are many other candidates to choose and issues to decide. Should be one person...one vote. This provincial voting of the eighteenth century where people really didn't move about much makes no sense in a nation that moves on average every 2 years. So one year you vote in Ohio, the next year you vote in Florida. We need to modernize the way we elect the president for sure. Orca