tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post5468447661342850592..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: The Electoral College: Tyranny of The MinorityA Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-41427846487618677932012-11-05T11:29:21.725-07:002012-11-05T11:29:21.725-07:00Randy, I don't have any problem with using jus...Randy, I don't have any problem with using just the popular vote. Yes, it's true that California and New York would be the big brutes of the system but take a look at that map; cumulatively the other states more than pull their own weight on both sides of the political spectrum.<br /><br />Do you really believe that the small states would be ignored this year, as close as it is now? I don't think most elections would totally ignore the small states.<br /><br />And look how it is now? New York and California and Washington and Oregon are being totally ignored now because they are such "liberal whores" that the Republican is just wasting his time trying to compete in them and the Democrats just screw them and leave them lying there, spread legged, and not minding a liberal politician's quick "screw and go".A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-75261888394907476842012-11-05T10:54:26.334-07:002012-11-05T10:54:26.334-07:00Understand your point,but what is your solution? P...Understand your point,but what is your solution? Popular vote will simply let the 10 biggest states (population-wise) determine the election. The other alternative is apportion the electoral votes according to district results. In CA, that would mean part of the 55 electoral votes would go to a Republican, a prospect the libs are furious over. They are not similarly upset over the idea of a red state giving some to the lib candidate, but that's the truth that they ignore. Anyway, what is your solution? I am against the popular vote idea for the same reason our founders opposed it: SD, VT, RI, etc. cease to matter.TheRandyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023953371955252836noreply@blogger.com