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06-10-2008, 02:48 AM #1
Electoral College: Out of date?
Is the Electoral College out of date?
Does the Electoral College hamper the fight against illegal immigration, because Presidential candidates have to kiss up to certain states with large electoral college votes and large Hispanic populations?
If the President was selected by popular vote---this is the age of computers and high technology that could could count the popular votes reliably---would our fight against illegal immigration be a lot easier?
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06-10-2008, 03:07 AM #2
THE POPULAR VOTE IS DEFINITELY THE WAY TO GO.
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06-10-2008, 06:42 AM #3
Re: Electoral College: Out of date?
Originally Posted by mirseServe Bush with his letter of resignation.
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06-10-2008, 11:11 AM #4
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I don't know about the electoral college hampering this issue, but one thing I'd like to do is amend the constitution so that House members run for reelection every year, and senators every 3 years. This ain't the 18th century anymore, it's easy to vote, I'm tired of these shmucks trying to pass crap in year 1 hoping everyone will forget by year 2 (or year 6!)
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06-10-2008, 12:58 PM #5
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Does the Electoral College hamper the fight against illegal immigration, because Presidential candidates have to kiss up to certain states with large electoral college votes and large Hispanic populations?
The founders discussed having a popular vote instead of the electoral college, but decided that it would bring about a dictatorship of larger states over the smaller ones. Over time the resulting disenfranchisement would cause a civil war and tear the Union apart. I have heard that over fifty percent of America's population lives within 500 miles of Cleveland. A good portion of the other half lives in California, so the original reasoning still seems true today. The South, much of the Midwest, and most of the Western states would be looking at perpetual political defeat.
Probably, amnesty would be much easier to achieve if we only had a popular vote...these large states would steamroll the rest of us, especially with the way their populations are trending."We have decided man doesn't need a backbone any more; to have one is old-fashioned. Someday we're going to slip it back on." - William Faulkner
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06-10-2008, 05:00 PM #6
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Removing the electoral college would be devastating to the country's election process.
The founding fathers knew exactly what they were doing when they designed the system, and they intentionally did not create a direct democracy. A direct democracy is tyranny of the majority. It is the next step to a global government.
We need to move back towards the founding father's principles of state's rights, not farther away, if there's any hope left for this country."Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." -- John Quincy Adams
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