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2016 Postmortem

musicblind

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2. Increasing the size of the House of Representatives would be a band-aid, but it would not be a fix.

Reply to Grey Lemercier (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 3, 2016, 01:02 PM

Dec 2016

The problem is not that we lost this election. The problem is that a vote should be one person, one vote.

I think you and I agree on sentiment, but I'm not sure I'm convinced of your solution. Wouldn't it be just as hard or harder to convince them to add house representatives? And wouldn't that also become outdated with time?

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Abolishing The Electoral College Is Best For America [View all] musicblind Dec 2016 OP

Increase the size of the House of Representatives, and thus the EC, no Amendment needed Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #1

Increasing the size of the House of Representatives would be a band-aid, but it would not be a fix. musicblind Dec 2016 #2

there is an issue with the timing NRQ891 Dec 2016 #3

See, I really appreciate your response, because musicblind Dec 2016 #4

Well, if you say so... MineralMan Dec 2016 #5

I thought I made a pretty good case. musicblind Dec 2016 #6

The issue has been argued for years. MineralMan Dec 2016 #7

I don't have any special qualifications. musicblind Dec 2016 #8