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Dem2

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12. You don't see the non-sequitur in this?

Reply to dumbcat (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 26, 2016, 01:59 AM

Nov 2016

And it is how we elect our president, by means of the Electoral College, in which each state has a voice approximately proportional to its population, just as laws are passed in the House of Representatives. It’s actually more fair than the Senate, in which each state has an equal voice. ??The Electoral College is not some “outmoded method,” it is integral with the definition of the nation.??

The Senate - 2 electors per state - is EXACTLY why the Electoral College is NOT like the House of Representatives and is WHY the system is NOT proportional to population and is ridiculously unfair.

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Thoughts on the Electoral College [View all] JayhawkSD Nov 2016 OP

Voice is nowhere near proportional to population. LisaL Nov 2016 #1

I think that's what he said dumbcat Nov 2016 #2

You don't see the non-sequitur in this? Dem2 Nov 2016 #12

The difference is hardly earth shattering JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #17

In NH, based on electoral college and swing state status, Dem2 Nov 2016 #21

You are right. You got the power. tinrobot Nov 2016 #22

Yep, we can't go tinkering with the Constitution. William769 Nov 2016 #25

We have changed the constitution when we needed to. JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #26

I'm sorry but a state with 30 million shouldn't be reduced to the same voice as 1 million. onecaliberal Nov 2016 #3

Should a state with only 2 million Abq_Sarah Nov 2016 #4

They should have a voice that represents their 2 million not have 3.5 times the voice of the 30 onecaliberal Nov 2016 #5

In other words, no voice Abq_Sarah Nov 2016 #6

Or how about just one person one vote? tinrobot Nov 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Nov 2016 #19

Please explain that for me. JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #10

Wyoming has 600,000 people, California has 38 million. tinrobot Nov 2016 #23

They are not - states with larger populations have more electoral votes csziggy Nov 2016 #15

We're deciding elections based on lines drawn on a map centuries ago. tinrobot Nov 2016 #8

So, are you saying that our legislature is outmoded too? JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #9

Not no voice. But they are a minority. Liberal In Texas Nov 2016 #11

And since national governance is a consensus of states... JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #14

This is simply is about one person one vote tinrobot Nov 2016 #24

"Those lines still determine the makeup of our current government." JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #13

The Congressional districts aren't all that proportional JonLP24 Nov 2016 #16

And that has nothing whatever to do with the Electoral College. nt JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #18

I was addressing this line JonLP24 Nov 2016 #20

It's still irrelevant. JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #28

The election is the product of the process. JayhawkSD Nov 2016 #27