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[–] wgtt911 ago (edited ago)
RIght.. but Super Delegates are OK... LMAO>.. and if they do away with it, states will leave the union..
[–] newoldwave ago
More HuffPo BS.
[–] brandon816 ago
Yeah. OR, maybe you could just make it representative based on state. The removal of winner-take-all would still give smaller states a little bit of a leg up, without making some states just not worth voting in.
[–] derram ago
https://archive.is/VESJV :
'For anyone born in the 20th Century, the Electoral College seemed like a harmless anachronism - something like powdered wigs or spittoons. '
'Bill Clinton went on to beat Bob Dole, winning both the popular vote and the electoral vote. '
'Four years later, the Electoral College rose out of the historical dust to bite us. '
'In years when the electoral votes of Iowa are in play, you can practically see the candidates inhaling the Ethanol fumes. '
'But the biggest vice of the Electoral College is its blatant unfairness to voters in the bigger states. '
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