On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Joseph Riggs wrote:

> No thanks.  The last thing we need is a close popular vote with that
> sort of system in place.  Then you'd see Florida all over again, but on
> a national scale.  I live in California, so my generally conservative
> votes don't count for much on the national scene (Boxer...  ugh...), but
> I'm still happy to see the Electoral College in place.  I don't even
> like the idea that some states have implemented of splitting up their
> electoral votes according to what percentage of the state's vote each
> candidate got (i.e. a state that had 5 votes and went 40/60 on the
> popular vote would split the votes 2/3 between the two candidates).  It
> has the same problem in the event of a close national race.

Actually, if done right, such a system prevents "close race" messes
pretty effectively, by making smaller parties matter. Added bonus: the
"Republicrat" syndrome would diminish. Of course, that's exactly the
reason why it will never happen.



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