yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 9/19/2008
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Everyone likes a good electoral college tie scenario :
It’s not even as simple as separating the red states from the blue states and counting–if that were the case, then John McCain would win flat out. But there are some odd exceptions, like South Dakota, whose electoral votes ...
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Impetus For An Amendment?
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Yglesias, commenting on the stupid rule for resolving electoral college ties, notes that "there’s no good reason to wait until after something stupid happens to pass a constitutional amendment to change it." This is true, but alas probably unrealistic. What I wonder is whether a scenario in which Obama loses the popular vote but wins the electoral college would actually create enough support for an amendment giving the U.S. an electoral system consistent with a 21st century democracy. It's not as if it favors small states that much, but who knows. ...
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