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Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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1281Actually, I think the Pinellas county mistake was that they missed counting balljttmab-11/9/2000
1280One of the old foggies said last night that she intended to vote for Gore and &qBill-11/9/2000
1279If Nader voters would have voted for Gore by about 50%, what about the other 50%Stephen O-11/9/2000
1278Apparently the ballot was approved by agents for all the parties so it makes theStephen O-11/9/2000
1277The current EC is technically weighted in favor of small states. AK is 1/435 ofTraderGreg-11/9/2000
1276The point is irrelevant. If this, if that, so what?Bill-11/9/2000
1275Bill--he didn't need 10 or 30% of Nader's votes in FL, he only needed abTraderGreg-11/9/2000
1274I think the Pinellas county mistake was that the original count did not include TraderGreg-11/9/2000
1273No, my point was that it is not an automatic extension that Gore gets the NaderiBill-11/9/2000
1272ebill--Were you here I would bet my last dime that you are wrong about how the NTraderGreg-11/9/2000
1271<I>Not that Boca Raton is the only place where panic now grips the BeautifBill-11/9/2000
1270Doug--My reference to "significant portion of the country will not assign tTraderGreg-11/9/2000
1269Roger--I think a national primary day for each major party would be great towardTraderGreg-11/9/2000
1268A mistake made while doing the recount; perhaps the most important recount in hijttmab-11/9/2000
1267There was a mistake made yesterday in Pinellas county. They're redoing the Elvis Jones-11/9/2000
1266Relatively few people in fact invested enough passion in either candidate to feebela_ghoulashi-11/9/2000
1265There is NO evidence that people who voted for Nader would have cast their vote Bill-11/9/2000
1264Not a bit prone to sweeping, dogmatic, over-generalizing pronouncements, are we?bela_ghoulashi-11/9/2000
1263I would personnally vote to maintain the electoral college. The intent of the ECjttmab-11/9/2000
1262If I lived in the mid west I would have some concerns. For example Gore wins Pa John Carragher-11/9/2000
1261It's pretty hard to predict what people may do on this sort of issue. While jttmab-11/9/2000
1260Where will the votes come from to eliminate the electoral college , doubt it woJohn Carragher-11/9/2000
1259Best opportunity ever to eliminate the electoral college. If Bush is selected, Kenneth E. Phillipps-11/9/2000
1258Interesting article in the Washington Post this morning on the World's "jttmab-11/9/2000
1257I have a real time continually updated recount page by county. (according to FoxVendit™-11/9/2000
1256For example, madisonfl.org shows that the Madison county recount cut Bush's Nandu-11/9/2000
1255If someone had time on their hands, they could tabulate individual FL county resNandu-11/9/2000
1254Math made easy as 1 2 3 <b>Bush's lead narrrows as recount continues;Vendit™-11/9/2000
1253Cisco, Hysterical. If anyone believes that Dan Rather said that as it was playjttmab-11/9/2000
1252Another irony is that the ballot, according to Palm Beach, was designed that wayjttmab-11/9/2000
1251<pre>Keeps Chicago, LA and NYC from ruling the rest of us from the Oval OfNandu-11/9/2000
1250IMO, I have gained more respect for the EC since Tuesday. Keeps Chicago, LA and CYBERKEN-11/9/2000
1249How about keeping the electoral college for the primaries, but use the popular KyrosL-11/9/2000
1248<i>If those issues are not resolved, a significant portion of the country DOUG H-11/8/2000
1247Would Gore have pulled off the popular vote if the networks' had not projectRollcast...-11/8/2000
1246Re: "Later Thursday it was discovered that more than 19,000 ballots cast inWindsock-11/8/2000
1245seems to be Bush by 790 THE RECOUNT was triggered by Florida state law bk.ramesh-11/8/2000
1244Cisco - "I can't believe they are going to create a constitutional crisWindsock-11/8/2000
1243TraderGreg, what is your opinion of a national primary? Perhaps this has been dRoger Sherman-11/8/2000
1242Arlen Specter R PA wants to get rid of EC. heard on NPR today that Moderate Repuk.ramesh-11/8/2000
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