The Northeast
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oldagerocker
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a whole 51% of you did your part and you did it well... 
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fo' sho'. the entire purpose of it is moot. but as long as politicians know it's possible to win the electoral vote without winning the popular vote (i.e. the 2000 election) they probably won't take any steps to reform it, much less abolish it completely.
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we can probably take ohio and the far northern plains to bridge the gap. i'm sure we could convince the christian conservatives that they'd be better off without us.. give me the westcoast and the northeast over any of the red states anyday. secession indeed, i'm waiting for the titorians to start the shottie militias in my neighborhood.AudioRage said:
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The electoral college still has a purpose. Can you imagine the litigation that would occur with a strictly popular vote? It would take months with all of the scumbag lawyers we have in this country.
Oh and Lil'Timmy, I have no idea what your point is.
Oh and Lil'Timmy, I have no idea what your point is.
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the electoral college is archaic and useless. but what point are you referring to? the joke post about titor above? no point, just a joke..ShadowFox said:
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Incorrect. How would there be litigation? A vote is vote. And with new voting systems that actually work (not that the other ones didn't california used punch cards too, and I worked two seperate elections and say exactly 0 chads. Ever.) how exactly could they contest the votes? it would be exactly the same as it is now, except the people in states that vote decidedly one way, would actually get a vote that counted.ShadowFox said:
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You'd probably be surprised how quickly thinking of that sort goes right out the window. It would never be that simple, no matter how we wished it.AudioRage said:
BTW, I'm in the Northeast and I'm not freaking out. Have some perspective.
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Oh boy.
Secession. Yes, and people had better do that legally. The last thing I need are rioters blocking me going to work, and damaging the work im trying to goto.
Secession. Yes, and people had better do that legally. The last thing I need are rioters blocking me going to work, and damaging the work im trying to goto.
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By popular vote Bush still wins by 3 million votes.
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I agree, and was just talking about secession today. Seems to be the best option: the rednecks/idiots get to oppress their own citizens as much as they want, and we can live in relative harmony.
Now, is there any paperwork to get this thing started, or is an armed insurrection our only answer. Cause paperwork would be easier...
Now, is there any paperwork to get this thing started, or is an armed insurrection our only answer. Cause paperwork would be easier...
Death.Trap
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It wouldn't be possible to seceed from the union these days, at least not with any hope of remaining spereate.
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If it were a popular vote, the canidates would never have need to travel to most parts of the country. They would ignore pretty much everywhere except the cities. Not as good a method as it sounds.
