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Re: F... US voting bureaucracy
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Originally Posted by 70Chip
The electoral college makes it worth a candidate's time to go to places like South Dakota or Maine and campaign. With a straight popular vote, they would never have to leave Washington, New York, and Los Angeles. I can understand why some people, who view the middle part of the country as extraneous anyway, would not be bothered by that, but IMO, it would have the further, detrimental consequence of making politicians in Washington even more isolated from the people.
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Very good point - the only places that would really matter would be the larger population centers. It wouldn't so much be a country-wide vote campaign as it would be candidates catering exclusively to densely populated urban areas.
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