Popular vote vs the Electoral College/ state's
@flowerchilde (12529)
United States
November 7, 2006 12:21pm CST
I hear quite often that the electoral vote should be abolished, but if we didn't have the electoral vote, New York City and L.A. would decide every pres. election.. and farmers, etc, and country dweller's votes would not count.. and of course they have different concerns than big city dwellers do.. This way politicians have to appeal to all of us..
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@susieq223 (3742)
• United States
13 Nov 07
Oh my, I just found this oldie with a 0. I love these things! I think most elections where a popular vote has been counted, it has come out close to the electoral votes. If it were a straightforward popular vote, then the cities wouldn't decided the election. Right now the "rural" population exceeds the urban population. (Not for much longer though) I would like to reduce the amount of time spent on campaigning. I'm already sick of the presidential election and we still have a year to go!
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@kykidd (6812)
• United States
13 Nov 07
I have just recently come to agree with your opinion. In all of my years I could not fatham the idea that the popular vote did not matter. But it has come to my attention that the big cities do have more people to increase the vote. So you are correct in my opinion.
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@FireHorse (293)
• United States
19 Nov 07
I have yet to understand where this misconception of the electoral college being fair to smaller states comes from. The electoral college is set up the same as the house of representatives and favors population centers. Only the senate favors smaller states and that's ONLY if you believe your senators are representing your interests rather than big business and the lobbyist for extremists to the far right and far left of the feelings of the general population.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
21 Jan 08
I've never been able to understand the concept that everyone who lives in a city has the same opinions and everyone from rural areas have opposite opinions. I think it's clear that some of those who are so determined to preserve this outdated voting system are more concerned with keeping minorities' voices subdued than protecting the interests of the small states. Case in point - in 2000 the election was decided by a few hundred questionable votes in Florida, which receives 25 electoral votes while the fact that a small state like Delaware went for Gore by over 100,000 or more votes and only got I believe 2 or 3 electoral votes. That's not fair by any stretch of the imagination!
Annie
@JaLuvYa (175)
• United States
18 Nov 07
I'm sorry... but every vote should count as 1 VOTE. With the electoral college. My vote doesn't really equal one vote and it burns me to know that there is a more valuable vote to be cast out in the suburbs somewhere. I don't care where you live- your vote should not be more valuable than mine. 5,000 of my votes should not equal 1 of yours. That's not a true democracy. In a true democracy every vote counts.
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