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Originally Posted by GatorB
Funny how popular vote is good enough for governors, senators, representaitves but not the President.
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That is the difference between elections WITHIN A STATE, and elections including and between all the states. The constitution makes the US a collection of self-running states, that cede some powers to the Federal government (10th Amendment). I say thank god for this, (even though the feds are TOTALLY over-reaching the powers that the states allowed them), it would be FAR worse if the 10th amendment didn't exist. The fact is that the larger an area and population that a government controls, the less representative and more removed from the people it becomes. That's why the 10th amendment exists, and that's why states can control how they each decide their votes for the President.
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