Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by baddox on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:38PM
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That isn't the alternative. The alternative is to let the sum of each equal individual vote determine the outcome. Metro areas don't vote. Neither do farms. People vote. Just like most of us presumably agree that gender, ethnicity, etc. shouldn't affect the impact your vote has, I don't think that the amount of land you own or the population density of the area you live in should affect the impact of your vote.
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Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by panzagl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @07:54PM
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This is how you get the Roman/Parisian mobs that were the downfall of the Roman and French Republics. All you have to do is promise the mob everything and they'll give you the support to suppress the provinces. The Founders had the Roman example to draw on, as well as Venice's devolution into an urban oligarchy.
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by toor2 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:09PM
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With the electoral college al you have to do is appeal to the mob in the swing states. Then you give that select group of voting Americans the ability to suppress the rest of the population.
How is that any better?
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by panzagl on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @11:02PM
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These things aren't static- the South (and the major religions) used to be solidly Democrat, California gave us Reagan, etc. This changed in my lifetime and I'm not that old. You start taking your base for granted,you end up wondering how you lost.
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by baddox on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:12PM
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Yes, you can just appeal to a smaller mob which has the same political influence as larger mobs.
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by ams6110 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:01PM
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You need to review your Constitutional history. The Constitution mandates that the president is elected by the states, via electors who are selected in each state "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct." It's not a direct popular vote and never has been.
Re:EPA Science Under Scrutiny by Trump Political Staff
by mynameisvlad on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @08:17PM
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I don't see the parent comment implying the US had ever used popular vote, so I'm not sure where you're getting that from.
Furthermore, the Constitution can change. That's why there's amendments; quite a few have already gone through, in fact.