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If Obama wins the popular vote and loses the election due to the electoral college used to select the President, there will be no end to the griping and bitching coming from the Dems and their media lackeys.
If the opposite occurs, Republicans will move on and the media will make no comment to change the system.
Why would you want the cities of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Houston to solely elect the president?
Could it be because not only are those the 5 most populous cities in the republic - but that they all overwhelmingly vote Democratic?
The electoral college system was designed so that small minorities of dense partisanship could not influence the election - and that less populous areas had a voice in whom was elected to national office.
I tend to find that the people most uneducated and uninformed about the purposes for the electoral college are usually against it.
Thos people tend to be Democrats.
If Romney does indeed win the popular vote but lose the electoral college your premise will be flawed, since it would have been mostly people in small southern towns that would have elected him if the election were by popular vote.
A popular vote does not give more power to people in cities.
It gives everyone the SAME power. One person, one vote, regardless of where they are, city, country, whatever.
If Romney does indeed win the popular vote but lose the electoral college your premise will be flawed, since it would have been mostly people in small southern towns that would have elected him if the election were by popular vote.
A popular vote does not give more power to people in cities.
It gives everyone the SAME power. One person, one vote, regardless of where they are, city, country, whatever.
That is false - a popular vote system favors population centers - which is the entire reason why the electoral college system was implemented by the founders - so that NYC, Philadelphia, and Boston could not dominate the election process.
Today it ensures that Wyoming, Rhode Island, and West Virginia remain relevant.
So - once again - why are you opposed to the electoral college?
By the hysteria generated by the right on the majority of topics and posts on this forum i'd say the righties will take a Romney loss a lot harder than Dems will take an Obama loss.
I just hope i wake up next Wednesday and there is a clear winner..
Whatever the outcome its going to be interesting to see how it plays out on the forum.
The other way around is far more likely imo, (Romney winning the popular but Obama the electoral).
Every scrap of polling shows that the more likely scenario is that Obama could win the electoral college while Romney wins the popular vote.
If Obama wins, are the R's going to say that they cheated or that it was stolen?
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