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FRPLG · 02-20-2008, 11:23 AM

Essentially it is the Walmart principle.

Going to a popular vote would make LA, Chicago, NY the Walmarts of the voting world. Politicians could go there and get lots of stuff(votes) cheap(campaigning and gov't services/money) putting the locol mom and pops like Fargo out of business. The electoral college seeks to create a more balanced market place. Is it perfect? No but it certainly is better than a popular vote in that regard. I am actually pretty impressed by our founding fathers and their foresight on this. This is a damn clever solution to a problem that was probably more difficult to understand that in the late 1700's. Maybe some tweaks are in order though.

02-20-2008, 11:23 AM	#11
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: F... US voting bureaucracy Essentially it is the Walmart principle. Going to a popular vote would make LA, Chicago, NY the Walmarts of the voting world. Politicians could go there and get lots of stuff(votes) cheap(campaigning and gov't services/money) putting the locol mom and pops like Fargo out of business. The electoral college seeks to create a more balanced market place. Is it perfect? No but it certainly is better than a popular vote in that regard. I am actually pretty impressed by our founding fathers and their foresight on this. This is a damn clever solution to a problem that was probably more difficult to understand that in the late 1700's. Maybe some tweaks are in order though.