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by Omegacrep on November 15th, 2006

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Would the United States have a more democratic voting system if the electoral college was abolished?

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  • by D-Miller on November 15th, 2006

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    I believe so...If you remember the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore actually WON the popular vote..but because of the electoral college system, which personally I think is ridiculous, George Bush actually ended up "winning". So I'd say yea absolutely because majority wins..

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    • For all intents and purposes, the 2000 popular vote was a tie.  The difference was well within the margin of error.  There were more than enough uncounted absentee votes in California to skew the narrow…

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on November 15th, 2006

    • … difference in Bush's favor (absentee ballots historically tend to be more conservative; these weren't counted because Gore had won California by a big enough margin that they wouldn't have changed the electoral result.)

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on November 15th, 2006

    • The Electoral College worked exactly as it was intended to, turning a tie into a meaningful outcome.  If we had go by the popular vote, we'd probably still have them fighting over it, and still have no established result.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on November 15th, 2006

    • Useful from me. We Canadians were scratching our heads trying to figure out how someone who won...lost.

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      by scubabob on November 15th, 2006

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