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On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
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I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start
getting rid of the Electoral College.


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Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the
founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from
dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the
country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in
things.


The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with
an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country
where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most
votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same
number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et
cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota
should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual
in Texas.


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Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the
country are represented equally - exactly as intended.
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On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start
getting rid of the Electoral College.

===

Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the
founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from
dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the
country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in
things.


The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with
an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country
where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most
votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same
number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et
cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota
should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual
in Texas.


===

Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the
country are represented equally - exactly as intended.


Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people.

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Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start
getting rid of the Electoral College.

===

Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the
founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from
dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the
country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in
things.


The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with
an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country
where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most
votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same
number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et
cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota
should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual
in Texas.


===

Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the
country are represented equally - exactly as intended.


Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people.


And that is what it was intended to do.

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On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 20:40:52 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start
getting rid of the Electoral College.

===

Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the
founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from
dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the
country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in
things.


The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with
an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country
where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most
votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same
number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et
cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota
should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual
in Texas.


===

Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the
country are represented equally - exactly as intended.


Actually, all the EC does is represent real estate, not people.


Since the people who choose to occupy that real estate and feed you
deserve representation too, it is exactly what I said. A departure
from the feudal system.
Without the Senate and the EC, nobody would pay any attention to the
middle of the country and the government would be controlled by about
a third of the states.
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On 11/14/20 6:51 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 18:15:00 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/14/20 5:04 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Sat, 14 Nov 2020 15:46:19 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

I do hope some serious efforts can bet underway to start
getting rid of the Electoral College.

===

Like it or not, the Electoral College is functioning exactly as the
founding fathers intended: It keeps the large population centers from
dominating the executive branch. You may not like the middle of the
country but the people who live ther are entitled to have a say in
things.


The EC functions as it did when this was a small, compact country with
an equally small population. I can't think of another "modern" country
where the head of government is selected by other than who gets the most
votes. I also don't think sparsely populated states should have the same
number of U.S. Senators as California, Texas, Florida, New York, et
cetera. There's no reason why the vote of an individual in North Dakota
should have the same number of U.S. Senators to access as an individual
in Texas.


===

Actually there is a reason - it ensures that all regions of the
country are represented equally - exactly as intended.


Fat Harry thinks he has a better way. If we followed his advice we could be
as successful as he is.


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