The Electoral system

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 09:40:42 -0700, rw
wrote:

In the 2000 election Gore won the popular vote by about 500,000 votes,
but lost the election to Bush by the Electoral vote count.

In the 2004 election Bush won the popular vote by about 3,500,000 votes,
but if Kerry had gotten about 140,000 more votes in Ohio he would now be
the President-elect by virtue of a majority of Electoral votes.

Isn't it time to reform this stupid, broken system?

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at least
some showing here.
--
Charlie...
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/c/cchoc/

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

On 07 Nov 2004 22:55:45 GMT, ojunk (George Adams) wrote:

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere.

They do that now, but mostly just for fund raisers.

A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency.

Actually, they majority of voters would decide it regardless of where they
lived. The presidency is a national office, the states already have senators
and congressmen to advance their specific agendas.
--
Charlie...
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/c/cchoc/

George Adams wrote:
From: Charlie Choc


It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.


It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

If I were to champion any changes to the Electoral College, I would
consider that which Colorado attempted to pass...make it proportional to
the state's voting population. Consider this; let's say for argument's
sake that California had exactly 1 million voters and as it turns out in
this example, 499,999 vote Demorat and 500,001 vote Republican. For that
one voter's majority, the entire state's electoral votes go to the
GOPers. Hardly fair in my opinion. It should not be, in my opinion,
winner takes all. Something to think about?

Philski

George Adams wrote:
From: Charlie Choc


It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.


It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

If I were to champion any changes to the Electoral College, I would
consider that which Colorado attempted to pass...make it proportional to
the state's voting population. Consider this; let's say for argument's
sake that California had exactly 1 million voters and as it turns out in
this example, 499,999 vote Demorat and 500,001 vote Republican. For that
one voter's majority, the entire state's electoral votes go to the
GOPers. Hardly fair in my opinion. It should not be, in my opinion,
winner takes all. Something to think about?

Philski

On 07 Nov 2004 22:55:45 GMT, ojunk (George Adams) wrote:

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere.

They do that now, but mostly just for fund raisers.

A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency.

Actually, they majority of voters would decide it regardless of where they
lived. The presidency is a national office, the states already have senators
and congressmen to advance their specific agendas.
--
Charlie...
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/c/cchoc/

On 07 Nov 2004 22:55:45 GMT, ojunk (George Adams) wrote:

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere.

They do that now, but mostly just for fund raisers.

A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency.

Actually, they majority of voters would decide it regardless of where they
lived. The presidency is a national office, the states already have senators
and congressmen to advance their specific agendas.
--
Charlie...
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/c/cchoc/

George Adams wrote:
From: Charlie Choc


It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.


It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

If I were to champion any changes to the Electoral College, I would
consider that which Colorado attempted to pass...make it proportional to
the state's voting population. Consider this; let's say for argument's
sake that California had exactly 1 million voters and as it turns out in
this example, 499,999 vote Demorat and 500,001 vote Republican. For that
one voter's majority, the entire state's electoral votes go to the
GOPers. Hardly fair in my opinion. It should not be, in my opinion,
winner takes all. Something to think about?

Philski

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller

From: Charlie Choc

It would be interesting to see how campaign tactics would change, not being
able to focus on just "battleground" states. I don't recall seeing even one
presidential ad, but I don't watch a lot of TV so there probably were at
least
some showing here.

It seems to me that the candidates would make many appearances in the major
population centers, and few, if any, elsewhere. A handful of major urban areas
would decide the pesidency. I say leave the electoral college alone, but
improve and standardize the voting system to insure fairness and eliminate
controversy.


George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller