PinkFloyd40 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 yes or no?-Rob------------------"No sane man will dance" - Cicero - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ reign Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 definitely yes. this is how the govt has worked since it's inception....IMO......------------------This week's gigs:Saturday Nov. 11th - Arena, Albany NY www.djrussreign.comNY METS 2000 NL CHAMPS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightinggirl Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Originally posted by russ reign:definitely yes. this is how the govt has worked since it's inception....IMO......republican------------------"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."lightinggirl@hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
back2basics- Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 No. Proportional representation is the fairest way. Countries need to change and adapt to MODERN problems.[This message has been edited by back2basics- (edited 11-09-2000).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibhugh Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 No. It's an outmoded electorial process. Modern technology is at a point where you can acurrately track popular vote without the worries of "fixing" the vote. The E.C. was designed at a time where only white males could vote and there was not enough technology at the time to prevent fixing the election and/or getting an accurate count of the popular vote.It's pointless in this day and age. Granted it's rare that the E.C. and the popular vote are different (first time in over 100 years), but it shows that there are flaws with that system.My 10 cents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneha Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Electoral college was founded by the founded fathers because they naturally assumed that there would be several candidates running with the chance of winning, so the electoral college would obviously pick the winner. Also its just another system of checks and balances. However, I'm not sure if they would have put that stipulation in if they knew that the American political system would be reduced to a 2 party system...I was a govt. maj in college...------------------Silently whispering when my heart wants to scream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueangel Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Absolutely no. EVERY SINGLE vote should count for who is going to be the president. The presidential seat should be decided by the people for the people!!BlueAngel------------------“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.” - P.J. O’Rourke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca07 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 NO!------------------Let me take you on a trip, just a simple journey, a journey full of sound and beats, one that will lead you down....way down to the UNDERGROUND Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel-o-d Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Does everyone remember that Clinton won in '92 with less popular votes than Bush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkFloyd40 Posted November 9 Author Report Share Posted November 9 Originally posted by mel-o-d:Does everyone remember that Clinton won in '92 with less popular votes than Bush?thats not truehasnt' happened in 100 years-Rob------------------"No sane man will dance" - Cicero - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel-o-d Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 Originally posted by PFloyd40: thats not truehasnt' happened in 100 years-RobWhoops. Should have known better than to trust my pro-Bush friend. I think what he meant was that Clinton won with less than 50% of total popular vote because of the Perot factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkFloyd40 Posted November 9 Author Report Share Posted November 9 Originally posted by mel-o-d: Whoops. Should have known better than to trust my pro-Bush friend. I think what he meant was that Clinton won with less than 50% of total popular vote because of the Perot factor.yea thats truenot sure who the last to win w/ a lower popular was, possibly taft?-Rob------------------"No sane man will dance" - Cicero - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampienyc10 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 N O !!!!!!------------------AIM vampie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grecs1 Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 no...........but it really is the best way.this keeps the party system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie_monster Posted November 9 Report Share Posted November 9 no, if you live in a big state. yes, if you live in a little state....if we had no electoral college...only people would campaign in CA, MA, NY, TX, and FL---which would have more power over little states. Electoral college gives little states (like in this election NM and Iowa) importance and candidate has to go there. Therefore, the post above errs i feel. And remember, without the significant popular vote of CA, Gore is losing bigtime in the popular vote (and still it is now less than 200k---so the people have not spoken about anything this election). If Bush was up 1 more point in the election in CA, then he has the popular vote..kinda fucked up eh? There has been no mandate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReginaP Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Nope...every vote counts...otherwise people get discouraged in states that are already strongly republican or strongly democrat and don't feel that they have a say.------------------=) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxyroxy20 Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Originally posted by blueangel:Absolutely no. EVERY SINGLE vote should count for who is going to be the president. The presidential seat should be decided by the people for the people!!BlueAngelI agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msoprano Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 NO cause then the candidates could focus on the people rather then just trying to win a state. gore has the popular vote, and he could lose. thats not right, let the peope speak. elect gore------------------TWILO'S WACK !!!! I only speak the truth peaceFRANK ALVEE IS BACK AND IN FULL FORCE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deenyc22 Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Originally posted by russ reign:definitely yes. this is how the govt has worked since it's inception....IMO......don't forget how our gov't was started in the first place, by elistist white males, who didn't give enought credit, or didn't think the common man could make up their own minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuhwoo Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 Originally posted by blueangel:Absolutely no. EVERY SINGLE vote should count for who is going to be the president. The presidential seat should be decided by the people for the people!!BlueAngelamen! otherwise, it defeats the whole purpose of voting, i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel-o-d Posted November 10 Report Share Posted November 10 NOI didn't vote b/c 1) I knew Gore had NY and 2) didn't want to run up to my polling station. I would have made the trip up though for sure if I thought the election was based entirely on popular votes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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