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Old 06-20-2009, 10:49 PM  
gwidomains
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Originally Posted by pornlaw View Post
Representative Republic.... this isnt a democracy... aka the Electoral College... our founding fathers did not believe the American people intelligent or informed enough to elect the correct the candidate.
Even though it disenfranchised a lot of people, they probably had it right

heh... it's funny how counter the current hand-wringing the U.S. has become more democratic.

Isn't there a push to form a constortium of state-govs electoral votes -- so essentially there will only be popular vote?
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