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Election Reform

thucythucy

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6. Isn't it ironic then that both times in our lifetime when the Electoral College

Reply to Dan (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 07:49 PM

Jun 2020

over ruled the voters, it picked candidates (Bush II and Trump) who personified "ignorance and stupidity"?

Turns out we would have been far better off as a nation in both those elections had the will of "the common man (and woman)" been respected.

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Supreme Court to decide the future of the Electoral College [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

One Man One Vote montanacowboy Jun 2020 #1

Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #3

Actually the Electoral College was designed to be independent. Dan Jun 2020 #2

The irony there is Donnie's brand of bigotry would have been regarded as mundane back then. unblock Jun 2020 #4

It was not designed to offer a check on bigotry, Dan Jun 2020 #5

Isn't it ironic then that both times in our lifetime when the Electoral College thucythucy Jun 2020 #6

I loved what you just said....so true Dan Jun 2020 #7

Hear hear ! nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #9

With the Electoral College, most people's votes simply dont count. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2020 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #10

Why the electoral college wolfie54 Aug 2020 #11