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Old Nov 23, 2003, 12:16 pm   #22 (permalink) (top)
mook
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He can't just link--the Economist Print Edition is a published magazine (and a hella expensive one at that).

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no, the smaller states get only as many votes as they have representatives in congress... the electorial college is very fair... otherwise you'd have new york/california/texas/florida as the only states that national candidates would visit... they have the majority of the population... the electoral college insures that the national candidates campaign nationally...
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Mathematically the electoral college system is extremely unfair. Read this editorial. It details the fundamental flaw in the system. I know the article is old, but its point rings true today.


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