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Originally posted by Jelb87:
The electoral system actually protects smaller states with fewer people and gives US, yes us, a voice. Without the electoral college system, candidates would not give small states the time of day. They would only focus on campaigning in large states with lots of people (i.e. the coastal and most liberal states). Take a look at the electoral map from 2000 and see how many states Al Gore actually won. Yes, he got more votes but George W. Bush, by far, won the most states. The map is much more red (GOP) than blue. And for a little icing on the cake...Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee. If he'd won his home state, he would have been president. There is a lot to be said about a person who cannot win their hometown or home state. Just food for thought.
Oh .. i understand the electoral thing, i really do.
regardless of that, the number of states shouldn't matter. the whole idea is who the majority of the citizens want to lead us, while the electoral collage changes it to who can control the largest square mileage and negates the popular vote.
who cares where the go on their campaign tours? the people that go to see canididate A are the people who are already going to vote for them, OR the people who hate them and want to disrupt the rally.
ya know.. .it's an odd position to be in for me.
It's hard to disapprove of the method when the method gave me the results i wanted, and prevented the one i didn't.
/shrug.
and yes, Al loseing TN amused me greatly.