I read in the newspaper today that some of the electors plan on voting for their candidate regardless of how the people of their states vote. (They interviewed one elector from Michigan who said he'd vote for Gore no matter what.) If that happens, I withdraw whatever positive statements about the system I may ever have made.

> 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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