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Old 11-21-2007, 04:58 PM   #16
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Currently, intended or not, the electoral college serves a purpose in keeping "population centers" from getting more power than they ought. There's a reason they call my locale "flyover country."

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Currently, intended or not, the electoral college serves a purpose in keeping "population centers" from getting more power than they ought. There's a reason they call my locale "flyover country."
So some people's votes count more than others.

Why "ought" you to have more political power than a citizen in a city?
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So some people's votes count more than others.

Why "ought" you to have more political power than a citizen in a city?
Yeah... there's a small disproportion if you compare, say, Montana's "per person" vote to California's... and there may be ways to "fix" this, without abandoning the system entirely. I am very worried that a national popular vote (which I'm not saying you've necessarily endorsed yet...) would completely change the themes of elections. The two coasts. Urban issues. Currently, in Minnesota, governor and senate races take place in Minneapolis/St. Paul... and that's it. (I guess, with the exception of alternative fuel being a pretty big issue last fall...) I believe the electoral college serves an important purpose, and even though I agree with some of the concerns (swing state attention, third party irrelevance...) I am not so sure they outweigh what I consider the positives...

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