> It's entirely undemocratic.
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> The votes of the vast majority of the people in southern and eastern Oregon, while cast for Bush, will almost certainly all count towards Gore. The votes of the vast majority of the people in Eugene, while cast for Nader, will almost certainly all count towards Gore. According to the polls (bah) California is a toss-up, but whoever wins the country's most populous state, even by a tiny margin, gets the whole state's votes.
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> Elections should be done by popular vote, not by state. While it is exceedingly unlikely that one candidate will receive more votes while the other wins, it has happened before. The system ought to be fixed before it happens again.
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> gab"soap box for sale"by


I don't understand politics...period. That seems really bizarre to me, though, and I can definitely see your point.

Politics confuse me as a whole, anyway, though I don't quite know why. It can't be as catastrophic as I make it out to be...can it?

~Den-"only confused when I try not to be"Kara