Posted by Sunnely on November 12, 2000, at 23:50:07
In reply to Re: Some tips for a fair future national election » Sunnely, posted by Snowie on November 12, 2000, at 21:10:14
> I'm not entirely persuaded by your reasoning here. Our forefather's weren't interested in fairness; they were afraid of the power of an unenlightened people to directly elect the President of the United States.
Hi Snowie,
I stand corrected. However, that was 200+ years ago, the era of the pony express. With the advent of the Information Superhighway, I can't think of any segment of the nation that remain ignorant or "unenlightened" about issues. Look, here I am responding to your post of just a few minutes ago. But I still believe Electoral College should remain although "fairness" will be more appropriate now than "enlightening the people." I do think it needs some modifications to conform with time changes.
I agree with you that candidates don't always win their home states. I do believe, however, that this is more uncommon event and political parties will still be incline to bet on a candidate who hail from the bigger states. Some aspects of politics is like betting in a horse race. You go with the percentages or odds. In fact, the Bush campaign is heavily critisized, even by their fellow Republicans, for spending heavily in CA (slim chance of winning) instead of concentrating on other states with better chance of winning such as Pennsylvania and Florida.
> Big agreement here!
I believe that every US citizen should make it a point to exercise their right to vote. In some other countries, a lot of people sacrificed their lives protecting this right.
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