USA Electoral College 2004
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USA Electoral College 2004
| Wed, 10-13-2004 - 5:30pm |
Dear IVillagers,
Nothing would please me more than eliminating the Electoral College system,
and having a "one person equals one vote" system,
to reflect exactly the votes of USA citizens.
Nonetheless, as IVillage cl-Libraone has noted here on IVillage,
that Colorado has the option to vote into law that Colorado's Electoral College votes be 'split' between the candidates- proportioned to be much more a reflection of voter's
actual votes.
Colorado's system shall be better than the present mess,
and would go into effect this election, if passed by Colorado voters-
my hope is that this does indeed happen, Election 2004 !!!
ForeverHugs,
--Genietowner

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The system of giving electors based on congressional representation is flawed because each state has a different "value" for its votes compared to every other state because of differences in population. A vote in Florida counts a whole lot less than a vote in Wyoming for instance, because states with smaller populations still get two electors for their senators and at least one for their representative(s) in the house. This means that the relative weight a vote for whoever you choose will be different in every state."
So, these conditions no longer exist? Wyoming no longer has a smaller population than a state like Florida?
"Why Should it be that way in this highly technological age?" What does technology have to do with the reasons the electoral college was set up? Why should advancing technology impact the electoral college?
Many argue that the 17th amendment was the worst thing that ever happened to America.
Fascinating reading. Thanks for the prompt.
Edited 10/13/2004 8:50 pm ET ET by frvt
We can count, monitor, and report election results so much faster now. Before the results of the election might not have even been known until someone went on horseback to report results to a meeting of the electors. The system had its day. Its day is long past.
I'm not for keeping tradition for traditions sake in something so important as a natiional election. If we were a nation like that we would still be taking orders from the King or Queen of England.
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There is no very good reason that trumps the justice that would result from making votes equal.
How do you figure the E.C. is stupid? It was designed to (and does) prevent unfair or undue dictating of the national election results from being determined solely by the few largest and most heavily populated states, to the detriment of all the others.
How is it an anachronism? It was designed to deal with large states and those with large population bases compared to most other states. Do you feel we no longer have some states which are much larger than others? Do you believe population is evenly distributed between the 50 states? If the same conditions exist now as existed when the E.C. was conceived, and the same electoral system exists, how is the E.C. an anachronism?
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Long time, no see!
You're voice of reason & moderation has been missed.
Renee ~~~
Renee ~~~
None of which has even the slightest bearing on the reasoning behind the E.C.
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