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stopbush

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1. The ironic thing about the EC is that

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 12:28 PM

Oct 2012

it was put into place by the Founders as a safety valve in case the unwashed masses made a big mistake by popularly electing a person whom the ruling class felt was unfit to serve. It gave the elites a way to step in and overturn the sentiment of the people.

What's ironic is that today, it's the elites - ie: rich Rs - who seem the most-annoyed with the EC.

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The ironic thing about the Electoral College. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 OP

The ironic thing about the EC is that stopbush Oct 2012 #1

Actually your vote counts the same Peregrine Oct 2012 #2

Electors who, in most circumstances, are pledged to abide by their state's popular vote. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #13

Florida has 19 Million People, Wyoming has one half a million people 1-Old-Man Oct 2012 #3

that's the way I look at it d_r Oct 2012 #6

Yes, except you're not the benefactor: your vote counts less Proud Public Servant Oct 2012 #4

So doesn't the Senate also violate the Equal Protection Clause? Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #5

No, you have it backward. Pab Sungenis Oct 2012 #7

Thanks--didn't think of it that way before. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #12

It is past time to get rid of the Electoral College Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #8

Do you think it is guardian Oct 2012 #14

No Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #15

Different situation Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #16

Generally, a specific constitutional provision trumps Hosnon Oct 2012 #9

It gets worse if the electoral vote is tied Retrograde Oct 2012 #10

The ironic thing about our entire electoral system is that it was both the first and worst devised. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #11

Sorry, you have it exactly the wrong way around. JackRiddler Oct 2012 #17