May 02, 2006
Evan Bayh: Eliminate The Electoral CollegeAnother Democrat jumps on the anti-Electoral College bandwagon.
Q: Why do you think we should abolish the Electoral College?The Democrats have a funny way of looking at the Electoral College. In 2000, they opposed it. In 2004, they tried to challenge Ohio, despite a margin of victory significantly larger than the margin of fraud. Bush's national margin of victory was big enough that if Kerry somehow managed to win Ohio by a a few thousand votes, Kerry would have lost the national popular vote, but would have won the Electoral College and the presidency.A: "I think our president should be chosen by the majority of the American people. That is ordinarily the case. But in 2000, as we all recall, we elected this president with fewer votes than the other candidate got. I just don't think in the modern era that is appropriate."
Democrats need to understand that our elections are not based on a system that changes year to year based on what is most convenient for your party or candidate. The elimination of the Electoral College would shift virtually all electoral power the biggest states in the country.
Posted by Matt Margolis on May 2, 2006 02:53 PM
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Matt, do you support the electoral college as it exists today, or not?
And for the record, Kerry did not challenge results in Ohio... actually to the chagrin of many of his supporters.
Posted by: winnowhead at May 2, 2006 08:19 PM
It ain't gonna happen!
Democrats are the first to argue that we don't need constitutional amendments -- when it is a conservative issue that is -- but now they want to amend the Constitution because they believe it will help them nationally.
Or... maybe they don't realize the Electoral College is mandated by our Constitution, and changing it requires an amendment unless they can convince all 50 states to pull something "dumb" like Colorado is trying.
The Electoral College was set up to give some degree of recognition to individual states and their role in our nation and government, not just to the majority of voters. I would think it is unlikely that 38 states, especially the less populous ones, would be willing to give up their influence in electing a president to the more populous, liberal states like New York and California just because those states want a "fairer" (to them) national voter count!
I vote no to any change in the Electoral College!
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