Posted by Dinah on November 8, 2006, at 20:32:26
In reply to Re: And now, while the iron is cold » Dinah, posted by madeline on November 8, 2006, at 20:15:47
I think that that was what was meant to happen. And it was meant to give more weight to rural areas with less population.
I'm not sure that's the current effect of the process.
People didn't seem too happy in 2000 when the popular vote and the electoral vote didn't tally. It's happened three times now. I'm not sure how it was viewed back when the other two occurred.
It may come to the same end at any rate. If the candidates can ignore the states that are consistently republican or democrat and focus on those states where the vote could go either way, it might not be all that different from courting the middle in a popular vote.
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