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No, the vote of someone in Missouri would count just as much

Posted on: November 10, 2016 at 10:59:56 CT

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as someone's vote in New York. They are not weighted. People can't seem to get past the idea their would be no "state lines" in this scenario. A vote is a vote is a vote.

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Thank goodness for the electoral college - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/10 10:30:44

What's unfair about every person's vote counting? If the - jrmtiger MU - 11/10 10:49:31

Hate to be the one to break it to you the US is NOT a - DHighlander KC - 11/10 10:55:46

RE: Hate to be the one to break it to you the US is NOT a - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:04:54

You left one important part out, we are a Constitutional - DHighlander KC - 11/10 11:16:54

this is my view as well ... - tmcats KSU - 11/10 10:54:40

RE: What's unfair about every person's vote counting? If the - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:53:22

No, the vote of someone in Missouri would count just as much - jrmtiger MU - 11/10 10:59:56

RE: No, the vote of someone in Missouri would count just as much - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:03:12

No, again, population masses don't matter. The votes are - jrmtiger MU - 11/10 11:05:24

RE: No, again, population masses don't matter. The votes are - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:07:36

No, again, Missouri, New York, etc... Don't matter without - jrmtiger MU - 11/10 11:11:51

i'm not so sure ... - tmcats KSU - 11/10 10:55:48

Trump sure didn't think so in 2012. - DC Jayhawk KU - 11/10 10:44:42

If the Electoral College was abolished, CA would be much - Spanky KU - 11/10 10:37:59

The exact same can be said about Dems in the deep - MrBlueSky MU - 11/10 10:54:53

I think California & New York would become MORE - JeffB MU

- 11/10 10:49:05

I believe you are correct.(nm) - jmlppx MU - 11/10 11:02:38

A state with 11% of the population will never be too much - DHighlander KC - 11/10 10:46:53

RE: A state with 11% of the population will never be too much - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:50:55

My suggestion would not require that. The states could each - DHighlander KC - 11/10 10:54:07

RE: If the Electoral College was abolished, CA would be much - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:41:56

CA would have more people voting GOP if a GOP (or Dem) - Spanky KU - 11/10 10:47:35

I wonder - DC Jayhawk KU - 11/10 11:03:40

RE: I wonder - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:13:38

Why are they weighted that way? CA used to be a GOP state - Spanky KU - 11/10 11:15:12

RE: Why are they weighted that way? CA used to be a GOP state - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:19:34

I wonder that also.... - Spanky KU - 11/10 11:10:06

RE: CA would have more people voting GOP if a GOP (or Dem) - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:59:16

What is the point? Trump could have spent the entire - DHighlander KC - 11/10 10:51:02

He would not have lost by 25 pts and likely would have - Spanky KU - 11/10 11:05:02

not necessarily - FootballRefugee MU

- 11/10 10:45:36

i'm a little uneasy with ... - tmcats KSU - 11/10 10:38:59

We don't currently have one man one vote in - DHighlander KC - 11/10 10:48:36

RE: We don't currently have one man one vote in - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:00:50

I don't think you fully understood my post. Every state - DHighlander KC - 11/10 11:26:11

RE: I don't think you fully understood my post. Every state - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 11:41:12

well, that's my point(nm) - tmcats KSU - 11/10 10:50:30

Boy the Libs are really chafed about the popular vote. - Diamond Dave MU

- 11/10 10:33:08

RE: Boy the Libs are really chafed about the popular vote. - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:56:05

I think the EC is a great institution to even out the vote - raskolnikov MU - 11/10 10:35:40

RE: I think the EC is a great institution to even out the vote - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:46:20

It's the way we do it - Diamond Dave MU

- 11/10 10:36:53

have you written about the election yet, rask?(nm) - tmcats KSU - 11/10 10:36:23

RE: Thank goodness for the electoral college - MOCO SON MU - 11/10 10:32:49