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NorthernDog
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« on: November 06, 2003, 11:55:37 PM »
I remember that Hillary Clinton introduced legislation to choose the President by popular vote instead of the Electoral College. (I wonder why?) Of course this idea went no where, but I'm wondering if any groups are still pushing this idea.  IMHO it's impossible to change, except for the way that electors are apportioned (such as ME and NE)
Is railing against the Electoral College strictly an academic exercise?  
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NorthernDog
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2003, 10:00:11 PM »
Gore had 48.38% of the popular vote in 2000, compared to Clinton's 49.24% in 1996.  Can it be concluded that Gore made some kind of mistake in the campaign to lose (in % terms) a sliver of Democrat voters from '96?  
Shouldn't he have topped 50% of the popular vote easily?
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NorthernDog
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2003, 09:11:07 PM »
It's interesting that the European Union can't ratify a constitution specifically because of the proportional representation issue that we are discussing here.  Perhaps they could use our Electoral College as a blueprint?
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