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John Beckett
02-13-2008, 01:15 PM
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HEADLINE: States consider plan to force members (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56222)
to choose according to popular vote


http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/786953,electoral021008.article




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CoreIssue
02-13-2008, 06:04 PM
Won't fly.

If they do that then, if I remember, the totals of 5 key states would determine the election and the rest of the country would be down the tubes on representation.

The House distribution and Electoral College was set up to stop that kind of power in the hands of the few.

Except for Michigan and Texas, all the interior states might as well not vote at all if that were in place.
kay-gee
02-13-2008, 09:29 PM
Wow, what a complicated system!

all the best...
InTheWind
02-14-2008, 10:22 AM
Wow, what a complicated system!

all the best...

What`s your solution, a dictator. :scratch:
kay-gee
02-14-2008, 05:10 PM
No dictator. Simply add up all the votes. The one with the most wins...works in basketball!
all the best...
Jessie
02-19-2008, 03:03 PM
wish things worked that simply, but it does'nt.
kay-gee
02-22-2008, 09:43 AM
We have computer that can add up to 300 million in mere seconds

all the best...
CoreIssue
02-22-2008, 03:06 PM
We have computer that can add up to 300 million in mere seconds

all the best...
KG, the US is hugely more diverse than Canada. Life in California or New York bears no resemblance to life in the Mid West, West or South, in example.

The needs of those states would totally go unattended to in the system you are proposing. What hoot of a care or knowledge does a place like NY City or LA have about farm country or industrial areas?

But I can sure tell you they cannot exist without them!

No. The way the Senate, two votes for each state, and the House, by population with a minimum per state, was a wise choice to go with.