If presidential elections were decided by popular vote instead of the Electoral College, Al Gore would have been elected president in 2000. How we choose a president profoundly impacts how campaigns are run, the importance of swing states and an election’s outcome. It’s certainly no surprise that the Electoral College vs. popular vote controversy has sparked considerable debate. As the issue surfaces heading into November, is it time to graduate from the Founding Father's Electoral College concept, or are popularity contests no way to choose a president?
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The Electoral College Has Done America Proud
Electoral College Against American Values
This country prides itself in the right it gives people to speak up and speak out with unfavorable opinions. With the electoral college, however, it becomes useless to speak out against the overwhelming majority in a state. I live in hard blue Massachusetts, where a majority in just about every county votes Democratic when given a choice. Sometimes, I disagree with my community, but what value does that disagreement hold to the nation? Zilcho.
The electoral college shuts down the voices of those who think differently, and those who go against the grain. Those are the very people we honor as founders and heroes of this great country, and the electoral system is a great insult to them all.
- Zed
December 29, 2008 7:40PM
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