Is there any plausible argument in favor of the electoral college? (user search)
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  Is there any plausible argument in favor of the electoral college? (search mode)
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« on: June 02, 2011, 09:12:03 PM »
Quote from: CitizenX on June 02, 2011, 08:16:40 PM
Quote from: A18 on September 06, 2008, 09:54:47 PM
As opposed to election by national popular-vote.

None of the conventional arguments strike me as persuasive. But conventional or unconventional, line 'em up.

Sarah Palin.

If the electoral college worked the way it was intended it would never allow her to be president regardless of the popular vote.

She'd never be president with the popular vote.
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