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The Vanishing Electoral Battleground
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The shrinking of battleground states under the electoral college system creates serious problems for giving a say to all regions of the U.S. In a functioning democracy all regions would get a say in who will govern the country for the next 4 years. Yet today only a few states in the midwest and in the east determine the outcome of an election. Effectively disenfranchising the rest of the country, the south, the western and eastern coastal regions.
The electorial college, shrinking number of battleground states to the midwest, and the disenfrachisement of the south, west and east coast regions in the U.S.
11/03/2012
The winner take all system for each state in the electoral college based on who gets the most votes in each state, makes it not worthwhile for a presidental candidate in the U.S. to campaign in whole regions of the south, east and west coastal regions. The result is to effectively disenfranchise voters in these states and let a handful of counties in the midwest and some in the east to decide what policies the U.S. will be governed by for the next 4 years. Imagine a situation in which the largest states and metropolitan regions- Texas, California, New York, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, have no say whatsoever. This is not a healthy situation for the country.
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