01-08-2008, 06:15 PM
Free,
Am I missing something here? Regardless of what they say in the battleground states, it appears politicians are already polarized and do what is in their best interest as well as that of the individuals and companies who’ve given them the most money and/or done them favors. Same goes for their base. In the end, it seems to me the people in our country as a whole tend to be one of the last things on their mind at times.
Maybe modernizing the electoral college or election system may actually make the party system we have work in properly and give politicians the kick in the butt they richly deserve. Right now, it seems like we have a two party system when that’s not the case because the other smaller parties don’t have a fighting chance against the democraps and repubilishits. It’s be nice to see the big two get some competition.
Robert
> If we got rid of the electoral college, the entire
> nature of political campaigns would change as well.
> Right now, candidates are forced to speak to the middle
> in the "battleground" states where the vote is expected
> to be close. This would change if we got rid of the
> electoral college. In my opinion, this would cause our
> politics to become even more polarized as the
> candidates would only be interested in their base.
Am I missing something here? Regardless of what they say in the battleground states, it appears politicians are already polarized and do what is in their best interest as well as that of the individuals and companies who’ve given them the most money and/or done them favors. Same goes for their base. In the end, it seems to me the people in our country as a whole tend to be one of the last things on their mind at times.
Maybe modernizing the electoral college or election system may actually make the party system we have work in properly and give politicians the kick in the butt they richly deserve. Right now, it seems like we have a two party system when that’s not the case because the other smaller parties don’t have a fighting chance against the democraps and repubilishits. It’s be nice to see the big two get some competition.
Robert
> If we got rid of the electoral college, the entire
> nature of political campaigns would change as well.
> Right now, candidates are forced to speak to the middle
> in the "battleground" states where the vote is expected
> to be close. This would change if we got rid of the
> electoral college. In my opinion, this would cause our
> politics to become even more polarized as the
> candidates would only be interested in their base.