electorial idea...

[lazs2]

For Federal elections..  I think a way to assign electorial votes by state would be to do it by area.  Leave population out of it.

For instance.. If your state had 200,000 square miles.. it would get say 20 electorial votes for pres... if it had an area of 600,000.. it would get three times as many or 60 votes.

I would also like to see kalifornia divided into northern and southern kalifornia.

Having large population centers with people jammed into crap hole cities like so many stressed out rats.. determine how the rest of the country lives is just insane.. that is the real rift between "blue" and "red" America.

If not that..   what?

lazs

[68ZooM]

The Electorial College is way out dated, and IMO does not refelect the Peoples Choice, Why should a select few deal out any states Electorial Votes

[Holden McGroin]

How about if we compromise and give some votes to each state regardless of their population, like two maybe, and then some others based on thier population?

So Wyoming would get two for being a state, and another for being a state with a small population.

Then say New Jersey would get two for being a state, and then maybe 13 for having a moderately large population?

[lazs2]

I agree but.. it is the same thing.. why should a few tiny little population centers that have nothing to do with the lives of the rest of the country dictate who represents the country?

lazs

[Holden McGroin]

So you think my idea has at least a little merit?

[john9001]

the only people that are against the Electoral College are those that lose the election.

[midnight Target]

So lazs, you are against the people deciding what the people want? You want the acreage to decide? LOL.

[lazs2]

holden..  I agree that any idea the evened out the problem of two Americas.. Two complete opposites..  trying to dictate to each other has merit.

I think any idea that gave rural America more representation has merit.  There really is no similarity in the lifestyles of the two Americas.

The alternative is..  well.. what we have now and getting worse.  I am not the one who came up with "red" and "blue" America.. it is very real and very problematic.

lazs

[Holden McGroin]

Lazs;

You do realize that my idea was an accurate description of the present electoral college system... don't you?

[midnight Target]

Seems like a pretty slick way to negate the "urban" vote. 

[Holden McGroin]

Seems like a pretty slick way to negate the "urban" vote. 

James Madison thought so.

[midnight Target]

James Madison thought so.

Actually I was talking about lazs' original idea. Yours was pretty funny, I wonder who caught it.

[Holden McGroin]

The problem with Lazs original is that all you would have to do is win AK, MT, and WY.

It would lessen the required funding for the pres run tho.

[lasersailor184]

So lazs, you are against the people deciding what the people want? You want the acreage to decide? LOL.

We are against the cemetaries of Chicago and Philadelphia voting for the democrats.  We wouldn't really mind if suddenly the dead people started voting republican, but then the libs would probably start to get pissed.

Seeing as how they have never voted for the republicans, I'm going to say no to a general popular election.  I'd hate to see old great grandfather joe be the deciding factor for another 4 years of bellybutton raping from the socialists.

[Toad]

Huge population centers dictating the rules to the sparsely populated area will eventually lead to either the 2nd American Revolution or the 2nd Civil War. The name you choose for it will likely depend on which side you are on.

Is it coincidence that the red is the color given to states now tend to favor state's rights (think red Confederate battle flag) and  blue is the color given to states that tend to favor Federal omnipotence (think Yankee blue)?  

Was the secession issue ever settled in the Supreme Court or was it only settled by force of arms? Wonder if some state could secede and get it on the SC docket.