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Old 07-09-2017, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Miami Metro
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It's part of our Constitution. You would need a Constitutional Convention and then all the votes to repeal it. You can't just "abolish it".
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EC was an ingenious method to allow all states their proper voice.

MAGA
BS. Why should my vote in say NY matter less than my vote in FL?
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Old 07-09-2017, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Florida
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EC was an ingenious method to allow all states their proper voice.

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What proper voice would that be?
In other aspects of life Majority rules but not with the Electoral College.
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Old 07-09-2017, 05:14 PM
 
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BS. Why should my vote in say NY matter less than my vote in FL?
It is equal. It is 1 of millions in each of our 51 individual state elections for POTUS.
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Old 07-09-2017, 05:15 PM
 
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What proper voice would that be?
In other aspects of life Majority rules but not with the Electoral College.
Wrong, majority rules in each of 51 separate POTUS elections that day.
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Old 07-09-2017, 05:38 PM
 
Location: Miami Metro
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It is equal. It is 1 of millions in each of our 51 individual state elections for POTUS.
But it really is not. Unless you live in a swing state, your vote really doesn't matter.
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Old 07-09-2017, 05:51 PM
 
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But it really is not. Unless you live in a swing state, your vote really doesn't matter.
Which can change Monday. That does not matter is a self-induced does not matter.
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Old 07-09-2017, 07:05 PM
 
Location: USA
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Democrats have been working hard to guarantee Trump's re-election, they just don't realize it.
That's closer to the truth than many want to believe. I'm a former Dem, turned Independent, and the drive further to the Left, guarantees another loss in my mind.
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Old 07-09-2017, 08:17 PM
 
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Democrats have been working hard to guarantee Trump's re-election, they just don't realize it.
They have been his MVPs.
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Old 07-21-2017, 08:32 PM
 
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Why weren't any of you libs complaining about the EC before the election?
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