What if * loses the popular vote again..........

[rocktop15]

but gets the electoral college vote? I won't be a happy camper. Of course, this has never happened.......but you never know.

[bluestateguy]

1. Same

A lot of chatter about getting rid of the electoral college: a few months of talking head TV chatter, newspaper columns, scholarly publications, maybe a blue ribbon commission or two, and then it all peters out into nothing.

There is an institutional hurdle to getting rid of the EC: the small states. The big states, even Texas, might go along with it, but the EC enhances the clout of the small states in presidential elections, and they will not give that up easily. There are more than enough small states to block such a change to the Constitution.

[ThomWV]

2. No One Is Going To Believe The Next Election

Unless the winning margin is considerable, say 3% or more of the popular vote. If this is a close one absolutly no one will accept its legitimacy.

Thom

[AlCzervik]

3. Think angry villagers

with pitchforks and torches. If the same thing were to happen i really thing you will see a revolt.

[efp]

4. The Ultimate Irony. . .

If Kerry wins the electoral vote but loses the popular vote.

I'm SO ready to tell my Republican friends to "get over it, Kerry won."

[SlingBlade]

5. He’s a known product now

No more of that Compassionate Conservative Bullshit, No more free rides.
He has alienated many a Puke, Many have stated they will stay home rather than vote for this fucker.

There just aren't enough hard core pukes around to even make this close.
He’s fucking toast and he knows it.
:dem:

[maxsolomon]

6. we good citizens will accept it.

it will suck. there'll be grumbling, but ultimately, who are we to question the wisdom of the founding fathers?

the electoral college is SOP at least for 2004.

[cmf]

7. The same thing that happened this time

There will be a little chatter at first, but we will be told to get over it, and because America does what the teevee tells it to do, everyone will move on to the next big news story.