I think at this point it is doing a disservice to everyone. I think it pushes the blue state/red state narrative which causes each party to all but abandon certain states and only leads to more partisan outcomes.
Maybe a Republican will never win in California, but there are a shit load of Republican votes there that they could be investing money in to get, and it wouldn't be throwing that money away as they would count in the overall vote count. Same goes with Democrats throughout the South. Instead it seems like both parties are only catering to 5 states and the rest of the country simply does not matter.
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10-31-2024, 11:57 AM #24161
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"If our season was based on A-10 awards, there’d be a lot of empty space up in the rafters of the Cintas Center." - Chris Mack
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10-31-2024, 12:37 PM #24162
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Yes, but if you get rid of it, only two or three states are going to matter unless we find another way to elect a president.
I'd be in for listening to other solutions, but someone is going to have to come up with something better first, and better than the reasoning of "I want to get rid of it, because it doesn't benefit me" which is what the left has been doing.
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10-31-2024, 12:38 PM #24163
Does anyone really think the Left would be talking about doing away with the Electoral College if they had lost the popular election, but won the electoral votes? Of course not. They’d be praising the wisdom of the founding fathers. The Right would then be screaming to replace the Electoral College.
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10-31-2024, 12:55 PM #24164
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10-31-2024, 12:56 PM #24165
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Why do you think only 2 or 3 states would matter?
Only 2/3rds of eligible voters cast a ballot. I wonder how many of those were located in safe states where they didn't think their vote mattered? This seems like it would greatly open up the voting pool throughout the entire country.
I also agree with Go, that if you are going to change it, it needs to be 2 or 3 cycles out so that everyone can adjust their ground game well ahead of any change."If our season was based on A-10 awards, there’d be a lot of empty space up in the rafters of the Cintas Center." - Chris Mack
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10-31-2024, 01:01 PM #24166
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10-31-2024, 01:02 PM #24167
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10-31-2024, 01:04 PM #24168
I'd be pretty pleased to never see a politician eat a fried twinkee at the Iowa State Fair ever again.
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10-31-2024, 01:09 PM #24169
For those who actually care about our economic policies in the next few years, do you suppose this will help?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-e...b0871068fe61a3...he went up late, and I was already up there.
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10-31-2024, 02:18 PM #24170
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