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2016 Postmortem

dinopipie

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6. The EC needs to go however

Reply to edcantor (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 07:42 AM

May 2012

with that being said, a Democrat can win a national election without winning a single southern state, crunch the EC numbers by state, yet a Pub cannot win without winning a whole bunch of Blue States.

IMHO the Democratic Party needs to stop wasting their time and resources on lost causes and bolster their strongholds.

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The Obama-Romney battlefield: Electoral college ensures it's weird [View all] edcantor May 2012 OP

The electoral college must go DonCoquixote May 2012 #1

At the least, they could distribute the electoral votes proportionally, according to each states... phleshdef May 2012 #2

Actually, Sir, it Was Meant To Keep Selecting The President Out Of The Hands Of The Mob The Magistrate May 2012 #3

I can't really see any rationale for it either edcantor May 2012 #4

Spare a moment for us Californians Retrograde May 2012 #5

The EC needs to go however dinopipie May 2012 #6

They actually do that - TBF May 2012 #7