Thread: doing away with the electoral college
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Old 02-10-2008, 11:38 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jonesy View Post
The current electoral college system could use some adjusting, but I don't see why the whole thing should be scrapped. The electoral college is not an oligarchy. They choose a candidate based on popular vote. Is it even legal for them to choose the candidate with fewer votes?

Maybe it just needs an 'update'. It's become outdated... antiquated... outrageousated... the flaws have been found, so now they simply need to be corrected.

the way this would be set up wouldn't entirely scrap the electoral system, it would mean that the winner of the popular would receive the all the electoral votes...an overhaul, if you will
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