Georgia Dems Want To Do Away With Electoral College http://www.blogfordemocracy.org/2008/12/georgia_dems_want_to_do_away_w.html
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, has introduced an election reform package that calls for abolishing the Electoral College and setting up regional, rotating presidential primaries. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Abolish the Electoral College: House Joint Resolution 36 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-jesse-jackson-jr/abolish-the-electoral-col_b_128443.html enough for ya fritzy cause if ya want more proof, I can provide it. On Jan 14, 6:14 pm, Fritz_da_Cat <[email protected]> wrote: > We do? It seemed to work out just fine in the last election. Any more > intellectual dishonesty you wish to submit for ridicule? > > On Jan 14, 3:10 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > so this is indeed interesting. no wonder the dems want to do away > > with the electoral college. > > > On Jan 14, 6:24 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. > > > Paul , > > > Minnesota , points out some interesting facts concerning the > > > Presidential > > > election: > > > Number of States won by: Democrats: 19 Republicans: 29 > > > Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000 > > > Republicans: 2,427,000 > > > Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million > > > Republicans: 143 million > > > Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: > > > Democrats: 13.2 > > > Republicans: 2.1 > > > > Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory > > > Republican > > > won by Republicans was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying > > > citizens > > > of the country. > > > Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in > > > government-owned tenements and living off various forms of > > > government > > > welfare. > > > Professor Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between > > > the > > > "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of > > > democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population > > > already > > > having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
