electoral college, please read

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Originally Posted by miraja2

One suggestion I've heard before that might be interesting would be to keep the same basic system but to pass a constitutional amendment that grants the winner of the national popular vote some number of electoral votes. Maybe something like eight or ten.

That would preserve the basic foundations of the electoral college, but at the same time make it less likely that one candidate wins the popular vote but loses the electoral college. It would also give people who live in non-competitive states a bit more incentive to vote in close national elections, while at the same time preserving the merits of the state-based elections we currently have.

it's only actually happened four times in all the elections (56)that have been held. bush was the first in 112 years. and considering that the subsequent recounts show in several scenarios bush should have lost the election, then actually the electoral process was skewed because of the fla debacle.
bush didn't win altho he had less votes, he won because the recount process was stopped, and the fla electorals given to him.