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Old 09-15-2011, 01:24 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by raymor View Post
So if candidate wins half the state, he gets half the electoral votes.
If he wins 10% of the districts, he gets 10% of the electoral votes. Hmm, sounds a lot more democratic. Democracy - how devious.
If that's the real reason behind it, then why not go with popular vote? IE the people's vote.

Why, because they couldn't cheat their way with that.
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