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nytimes.com - 11/2/2008

Op-Chart - How Much Is Your Vote Worth? - Op-Ed

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“THE conception of political equality from the Declaration of Independence, to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, to the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Nineteenth Amendments can mean only one thing — one person, one vote,” the Supreme Court ruled almost a half-century ago. Yet the framers of the ...

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nytimes.com - 11/7/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - The Obama Agenda

— nytimes.com — Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, is a date that will live in fame (the opposite of infamy) forever.... If the election of our first African-American president didn’t stir you, if it didn’t leave you teary-eyed and proud of your country, there’s something wrong ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - The Obama Agenda

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Barack Obama

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nytimes.com - 11/4/2008

Op-Ed Columnist - Beyond Election Day

— nytimes.com — Conservative commentators had a lot of fun mocking Barack Obama’s use of the phrase, “the fierce urgency... of now.” Noting that it had originated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Senator Obama made it a cornerstone of his early campaign ... (more) Op-Ed Columnist - Beyond Election Day

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Bud Day

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What about an electoral/popular vote split?
Citizen Crain — November 02, 2008 What about an electoral/popular vote split? Posted by: Andoni Vote_worth Today's New York Times has a great article enumerating the inequalities of our presidential election system. The article entitled "How Much Is Your Vote Worth?" shows the relative weight of each individual's vote (by state) when translated into the vote the really counts- an electoral college vote. A shocking conclusion is that theoretically a candidate can win the presidency with only 22% of the electorate's vote, representing only 16% of the population. Go check it out. This brings me to a point I have been worrying about for a while. What if Senator John ...

The Absurdity of the Electoral College
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Sarah Cowan: "This system, along with the winner-take-all practice used to allocate most states' electoral votes, creates the potential for an absurd outcome. In the unlikely event that all 213 million eligible voters cast ballots, either John McCain or Barack Obama could win enough states to capture the White House with only 47.8 million strategically located votes. The presidency could be won with just 22 percent of the electorate's support, only 16 percent of the entire population's."