01-06-2008, 05:51 PM
[quote voodoopenguin]Does this seem a fair way of describing the way things are done?
It makes some good points. My understanding is that the Electoral College was originally created because it was the best way at the time to deal with holding an election when it could take a couple of months to travel from one end of the country to the other. The Wiki entry on the Electoral College is fairly complete.
[quote spearmint]A simple step to renovate the electoral college would be as proposed in CA to divy up the state votes by popularity of the candidates and not throw entire state to winner. CA Dems of course fiercely oppose this and prevail. This time around could easily sway the College to the tax and spend party. A candidate could win CA by one vote and lose the rest of the country by 5% and win.
Republicans are drooling over the possibility of getting 20 more votes. I wonder if they would be happy if Texas and Florida also did the same thing and they end up losing 30 votes... It will only be fair if all the states do the same thing.
I think the Electoral College needs to be changed. I think they will be able to do it if there is another Democratic landslide in 2008 like in 2006 and they get a two thirds majority and a Democratic President.
It makes some good points. My understanding is that the Electoral College was originally created because it was the best way at the time to deal with holding an election when it could take a couple of months to travel from one end of the country to the other. The Wiki entry on the Electoral College is fairly complete.
[quote spearmint]A simple step to renovate the electoral college would be as proposed in CA to divy up the state votes by popularity of the candidates and not throw entire state to winner. CA Dems of course fiercely oppose this and prevail. This time around could easily sway the College to the tax and spend party. A candidate could win CA by one vote and lose the rest of the country by 5% and win.
Republicans are drooling over the possibility of getting 20 more votes. I wonder if they would be happy if Texas and Florida also did the same thing and they end up losing 30 votes... It will only be fair if all the states do the same thing.
I think the Electoral College needs to be changed. I think they will be able to do it if there is another Democratic landslide in 2008 like in 2006 and they get a two thirds majority and a Democratic President.