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Old 03-13-2008, 09:27 AM   #52 (permalink)
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You mean you support abolishing the electoral college?
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Yes. I think it's a sad state of affairs when a panel of judges can overturn the popular vote of the people in a Presidential election.
There was one presidential election where a candidate got more of the popular votes, but lost on the electoral college.

So why have the popular vote when the electoral college decides who the next president will be? And vice versa.
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