Electoral college, should it be eliminated? Options

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Should the electoral college be eliminated?

with it, a person could loose every state by 1 vote except california, and win california by a landslide and then loose the race.

with it, democrats in red states feel thier vote doesn't count, and republicans in blue states feel thier vote doesn't count.

if the electoral college were to be eliminated, then everyone's vote would count.

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*sigh* i hate breaking down posts..

In the current election, for example, we see Al Gore's support confined to the Northeast, Upper Midwest and the West Coast. By contrast, George W. Bush had the backing of the vast expanse of middle America including the plains states, the South and the Mountain West. Without the electoral college, these areas would have virtually no role in electing the President compared to the population heavyweights in the industrial Midwest and along the coasts.

yes, he had a large amount of LAND backing him, but does that really include more individual voters?

Like the U.S. Senate, which has two members from each state regardless of population, the electoral college makes sure the big states don't eat the little states by guaranteeing each state at least three votes.

if it was popular vote, it wouldn't matter. each individual person would get a say instead of the majority of the people in that state.

One improvement might be to make the popular vote in each state binding on the electors or even to eliminate the electors completely and simply put the state's electoral total in the winner's column without the need for unfamiliar persons to cast that vote.

that might be a slight improvement to some, but that's not the problem in me and justie's case. (i'll call justin jr. justie to avoid confusion.)

Because the electoral college preserves a lot of important interests including, the political identity of the states, it would be a serious mistake to abolish it just because it thwarts the legacy of Bill Clinton.

that's not at all why i think it would be a good idea to remove it. bill clinton was president when i was still a little youngin. i wasn't at all in involved with politics then, so i don't quite care much about it thwarting bill clinton's legacy.