In defense of the electoral college
On Thu, 01 Dec 2016 01:02:56 -0000, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 11/30/16 6:52 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
Had to snip a bunch due to aioe quotation limit.
Are you saying you don't want each individual citizen to have an
equal vote?
We do within our respective states. This
But not within the whole of the USA. Your system appears to be as ****ed up as the UK's. We want proportional representation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nebraska_Congressional_Districts,_113th_Congr ess.tif
is how Nebraska is divided land wise to give each of us close to one vote
per person.
Each area elects one representative to the House. We vote state wide for
our two senators.
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