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The Tarnish of the Electoral College
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The antiquated nature of the electoral college system that decides elections for president in the U.S. Under this system there can be a close election in the popular vote by a margin of 1-2 % and still have the winner take a huge majority in the electoral college. It also makes states where elections are not close irrelevant for campaigning purposes and framing the message candidates make- in the last three elections this means the South and Plains states which are Republican and the West and East coasts which are Democrat largely irrelevant for campaigning, creating a situation where large parts of the country are simply ignored.
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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