(Botto 82 @ Nov. 19 2016,4:50 pm)
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Phaack that. Without the EC, the election would most often be decided by NYC, Chicago and LA, bastions of liberal voters. People in flyover and rural areas would have no say at all.
I guess I am dumb but I've never understood this argument. Are you saying that the vote by a person from those places counts more than anywhere else? That is pretty much what the EC does. Makes certain places votes mean more (swing states anyone?). How does winning the popular vote, which by definition means the most people voted for that person, mean that a certain section of the population is having their own way? If you want to beat a certain party you just need more people to vote for that person. Seems pretty simple and straight forward to me.
I know people who say they don't bother voting because their vote doesn't even count with the EC.
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I know you're going to say he won't get a second term but all he really has to do is improve a weak economy, pretty much nothing else but I'm sure he'll improve a lot more.