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MartiniMan
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Electoral votes by congressional district
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1/25/2013 4:09:44 PM
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When you look at a map of the U.S. with blue and red it is astonishing how much of the country from a land mass standpoint vote Republican. Several states are considering allotting electoral college votes by congressional district. Virginia for example would have only allotted 4 electoral college votes to Obama, the remaining 9 would have gone to Romney. What this approach does is it takes away the power of urban areas to control the awarding of winner take all electoral college votes. However, I am not sure anyone has actually evaluated whether it would have changed the outcome of any election but that is an exercise that needs to be done in a non-partisan fashion (i.e., the truth of what would have actually happened versus the spin) before this gets any traction. Interestingly, it appears that this can be done on a state by state basis.
I am very wary of the law of unintended consequences. One consequence I can immediately think of is that redistricting would become even more important and would become even more partisan than it already is. And I am quite sure there are lots of other reasons why this is a bad idea. I would like to see how it might have impacted the last four presidential elections but if for example it would have resulted in Obama losing to Romney despite having won 53% of the vote I would not favor this approach.......as much as I dislike Obama and would prefer Romney.
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Mack
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Electoral votes by congressional district
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1/25/2013 6:26:05 PM
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With today's technological capability, the Electoral College is obsolete and needs to be zapped.
One person/one vote. Majority wins period.
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lakngulf
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Electoral votes by congressional district
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1/25/2013 6:45:15 PM
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Both of you make a lot of sense......Wow.....a kinder, gentler Off-Topic forum.
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Mack
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Well>>>>
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1/25/2013 7:32:01 PM
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Maybe a more gentle here, maybe? But, I just cruised a Forum on the Gulf Coast on the topic of the dreaded "Guns". And, I was somewhat amazed at how many respondents were in favor of quashing the 2Nd Amendment to the Constitution, that is, the right to bear arms.
It is truly amazing to me how many U.S. citizens do not recognize current threats to their existence. Way , Way too much comfort and indifference.
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architect
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Electoral votes by congressional district
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1/26/2013 2:13:46 PM
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I certainly see know merit in weakening the urban vote by giving more strength to the rural vote. A vote is a vote no matter where it is cast.
The electoral college is itself unfair to some extent and that was the intent of the framers. Originally the electors were to be selected by the elected state legislature with no specified instruction as to how they were to vote. There was no expectation of the development of strong political parties. It was even the original intention that the candidate with the most electoral votes would be President with the runner-up becoming Vice President. We have obviously evolved far from the framer's concept. Today we consider, I think correctly, the individual vote as a sacred right and privilege. This leads to the obvious question of why we still have the electoral College? I think serious consideration should be given to amending the Constitution to popular vote presidential elections or legislatively, by having all states choose the slate of electors pledged to the national popular vote winner as their electors (no amendment required). The result would be finally having all votes actually equal with the blue votes in Alabama and the red votes in Hawaii all being counted equally. It would also mean all states get attention in the campaign...not just the "swing" states.
I also think every state should, as is now done in Iowa, establish a completely neutral way of setting political boundaries without regard to party or individual politicians. Only population, natural (non-political) affinities and geography. It could be done by a fair committee but in today's world where politics rears its head at every opportunity, a computer program might be the fairest and most simple way to accomplish such non-partisan results.
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