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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
He wanted to know why Obama isn't blowing McCain away. I'm just saying the E.C. is a big part of it. Gore got about a half million more votes than Bush. That E.C. thing is the reason he wasn't the President. That lil E.C. thing.
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quick questions: does the president get elected by a majority? if not, is there a runoff? how is that structured?
because no one got a majority in 2000. or 1992. or 1968.
or do we just choose a number like a plurality over 40%? in which case we're still putting in power someone that the majority didn't vote for.
what do we do when there are 300 candidates running for president? because that's what you'd have a few years after dumping the electoral college. it's a key underpinning to our (so far) stable 2 party system.
there are no successful 3rd parties in america because of the difficulty of winning enough individual states to be elected president. you're either ross perot with a broad but too shallow constituency (no electoral votes) or george wallace with a deep but too narrow voting bloc (too few electoral votes).
would you rather have an occasional george bush or be italy?