Originally Posted By: rocky mtn bill
....There is simply no longer any justification for not deciding all elections on the basis of a vote tally. If there were no Electoral College, how would that lead to Californians deciding where I can hunt? Slow down; take a deep breath. Your skipping too many steps for folks to follow.

Bill, read the first two sentences that I highlighted.

First sentence, you're saying I want a straight up popular vote.

In the second sentence, you don't seem to understand that California has a larger population than Montana. If the folks of Montana and California got together to have a popular vote to decide on hunting regulations, which state would be more influential.

Even though you were condescending to me, I'll try again. Republicans don't spend a minute of time or a dime on campaigning in kali for a national election. I firmly believe, if the game changes to popular votes, the R's would motivate the base in California, and in that state alone would make up your two million.

How about senators, if it's all about population counts, why doesn't Montana send it's senators to where the people are? Even if you prefer to ignore it, I truly hope places like ny city and la don't change Montana through the fed gov, just because they had the numbers to put up a larger vote total.