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abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins


keep it the same
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popular vote
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abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 8/27/2007 11:43:19 AM   
pahunkboy


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Status: offline 		ok- supposedly the 2000 vote was a flute. a historical fluke. feel free to vote/comment regarless of where you live.
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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 8/27/2007 11:48:48 AM   
Enlightenedespot


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Status: offline 		Geeze, now there's a crazy idea! I'm all for it. Isn't that how the knuckle head got elected?

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 8/27/2007 12:15:48 PM   
Tajj


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Status: offline 		the electoral college gives lots of people the illusion that their vote matters. In reality, it doesn't really matter all that much. A bigger state will have more votes than yours, and the decision might go one way even if the majority of the country wanted it the other way.

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 12:46:22 AM   
nixi


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Status: offline 		every persons vote should count,  it wont work untill they do

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 5:28:41 AM   
instynctive


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Status: offline 		The de-evolution of the entire goverment system needs to be dealt with.. time to wipe the slate clean and get rid of "professional" politicians... our Founding Fathers never intended for the country to be run by "professionals", but rather "by the people for the people".

I will add getting rid of the electoral college to My presidential platform...


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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 7:00:41 AM   
wetsub4u


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Status: offline 		Couldn't agree more!  Just seeing that the electorial vote is what got Bush Jr in should be reason enough for that change to take place!  As if common sense isn't enough of a reason - the pres should be elected 'by the people' .. not 'by the states'.

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 8:35:22 AM   
Lordandmaster


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Status: offline 		Our current president was lucky that he didn't flunk out of electoral college.

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 8:39:27 AM   
Durus


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Status: offline 		Getting rid of the electoral college would be one more step closer to a direct democracy making our constitution null and void.

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 8:54:00 AM   
BOUNTYHUNTER


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Status: offline 		There is is so nicely wraped up....The larger states would be able to control the goverment,hell don't they now...bounty

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 9:04:23 AM   
FullfigRIMaam


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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
Our current president was lucky that he didn't flunk out of electoral college.
Isn't it a nice way of keeping the dumb voting masses in check, by patting on our heads and saying "yall go home now, we'll take care of the power structure here."  M

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RE: abolish the elctoral college? popular vote wins - 9/9/2007 5:46:08 PM   
nixi


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Status: offline 		you can't wipe the slate, there is a good foundation and principle.  America is not ready for a revolution I believe we can still fix this

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