Monday, August 30, 2004
NY Times: Abolish the Electoral College
The New York Times had a pretty cool editorial on the Electoral College on Sunday. Check it out.
"The main problem with the Electoral College is that it builds into every election the possibility, which has been a reality three times since the Civil War, that the president will be a candidate who lost the popular vote. This shocks people in other nations who have been taught to look upon the United States as the world's oldest democracy. The Electoral College also heavily favors small states. The fact that every one gets three automatic electors - one for each senator and a House member - means states that by population might be entitled to only one or two electoral votes wind up with three, four or five. " For the rest of the article, click here.
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