On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 15:20:20 -0500 Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Much discussion on liberal radio about going to straight popular vote vs > Electoral College (because Hill got about a half million more votes). > Of course, if that happened campaign strategies and tactics would be > changed to be optimized for a different scoring system. Also, I'm sure > many red voters in big solid blue states (like CA or NY) stayed home > (because their votes couldn't change electoral outcome) but would > suddenly have a reason to vote. But the main problem would be > recounts. With the current system, only one or a couple states need to > do recounts. With a close vote using a popular vote system, every > state would need to recount. Like FL 2000 on steroids! What a horrible > prospect. The founders wisely set up a system where the population centers could not ride rough shod over the smaller cities and rural areas. The Electoral College is why we don't have mob-rule. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
