Very good point. I wonder why IRV wasn't mentioned during the Clinton years...

Why not divide the electoral votes proportionally? We can make the system more fair and unlock it to more parties than just two. There is no way our diverse country can be represented justly with only two parties.

mmmm i see that some people here continue to view Bush as an honest and brave president working for the safety of the world and the nation. I could bring to you tons of facts that will prove you wrong and expose your naivete, but i ill leave it to time and history to bring those facts out for themselves. instead been fed lies by right wing media i think you guys should be more objective on the issue rather than ignoring the truth that has become so obvious over the years.

Their was large opposition to Reagan as well in the 80's. Only time and history will tell if Bush's plan to go to war was "right". Ya never know...

But that is just the thing. Reagan was an evil motherfucker as well. Giving him credit for ending the cold war was his greatest part he ever played. Standing there saying "Bring down this wall" and crap.

American public... hook, line and sinker.

The voting system should be a count of all people's vote and the person with the most people voting for him, should win. This is common sense and mentioning the suburbs and the cities has nothing to do with it. Either the system is change so that who ever gets the most votes win, or we continue to mis-count, mis-represent, and mis-appoint, with the electoral vote system. Tell me how you think that not putting who wins the most votes in office is un fair. If the system allows someone to win that doesn't have the most votes then the electoral votes should be re-distributed. No matter if we are talking about Bush or Clinton, really, it makes no difference, in either case, who ever had the most votes should have been our president. Fair is fair.

The republican party was reborn because of Reagan. He won in a landslide in his second election for a reason...the tax cuts were working!

An evil motherfucker as well? Well according to the lefts view of Reagan, you are right! The left hated Reagan so much because he was actually standing up against the Soviets. What are all these peace protests going to solve?? The Soviet's simply could not keep up with Reagan's increase in military power including the "Star Wars" program. Sure it's a dream in our mind, but all of this is what led to the fall of the Soviet Union. They tried to compete with the US and they simply did not have the funds to do so...

Now if we had a liberal in office who tends to fund social programs instead of the military defense during that time...nuclear holocaust?

Reagan's successful policies led to more jobs, less unemployment, LOWER MORTGAGE RATES, small business growth, and a safer America. Basically fixed all of the lefts problems created in the 70's.

Sure he did spend a lot towards military (which pissed off the liberals); I am just glad he stood up to the Soviets! (which pissed off the liberals)

Forever will the liberals deny Reagan's accomplishments in ending the Cold War, because their peace rallies did not work.

I wouldn't mind if you called our current President all these different terms, but I wouldn't go as far as Reagan.

Sorry but once again that is not fair. We are a Constitutional Republic, a republic that is made up of the fifty individual states, and as such our national leader is elected by the states not the individuals. The individuals in each state are allowed to vote on who they wish to be the elected leader, but then it is ultimately the states that decide. That is the system we have lived under for 200 + years, and that is the system that has been established by our Constitution. Our founding fathers established the Electoral College as a compromise. The founding fathers had no intention of allowing the citizens to vote for the presidency, initially the choice was to allow Congress to elect the Presidency, however, this did not bode well with the idea of the separation of powers, Congress next thought that the state legislatures should elect the President, however, this lead to the fear that the President would become beholden to state interests. Finally, James Wilson devised the electoral college, which allowed the citizens to take part in the electing of the President, but gave the states a say in the voting since the President would be the elected leader of the entire Republic. Thus the electoral college was established. It recognizes not only the will of the people, but the will of the member states of the republic.

As far as my mention the differences between urban, suburban and rural areas, this was exactly the reason why the Founders sought a method of electing a President who would represent all the states. Once again, the needs of the different states vary. Urban areas have many more industrial jobs which in turn have more unionized workers, whereas, rural areas have less industrial jobs and thus less unionized workers. The needs of the two are different, thus the electoral college protects the different needs. Furthermore, urban areas are more populated than the suburban and rural areas, once again this causes different problems or needs to arise.

Despite your contention, the votes are not miscounted, misrepresented, nor misappointed. The votes reflect the equality of the 50 member states of this Republic, not granting more weight to one state over another, all states are equal.

Once again, the election of a President should not be a popularity contest. The President should be the person that best represents the majority of the member states. In the 2000 election, George W Bush was that person. He carried more states, meaning that his platform was acceptable to the majority of the people in more states than was Al Gore's platform.

Quit thinking in terms of our country being a democracy, we are not, we are a constitutional republic. Take time to read the consitution before you make outrageous charges against the system. For a document that was written more than 200 years ago, it has done an extremely remarkable job of protecting our country and the individuals rights. Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance leads only to death.

dmk

Because unlike Great Britain, we do not have a parliamentarian government, in which our National Leader is elected by Congress. Proportional voting only works when you are electing a legislature, not when electing a President.

dmk

Then why don't you bring the facts to prove us all wrong?? What's the matter are you afraid they will not hold up to scrutiny. Show us what truth that we are missing that you say is so obvious. Somehow the majority of the country has missed it, because President Bush in his reelection received more votes than any other President in history, including my beloved Reagan. So obviously, we are not seeing the same truth as you.

dmk