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A18
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« on: October 31, 2004, 07:11:43 PM »
Whoever wins the most counties in each state wins. For example, Clinton would have won Arkansas big:
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A18
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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2004, 07:21:34 PM »
Counties are communities. Whoever gets the most widespread support should win.

And this would not create a Republican landslide in every election. Carter would have done a lot better.
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A18
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2004, 07:27:53 PM »
On second thought, I don't like this idea much. No checks and balances.

But I would like to see each county get 2 state Senators in one branch of the state legislatures.
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A18
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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2004, 07:37:02 PM »
Getting the most votes doesn't mean you have widespread support at all.

Like I said, I oppose this idea. But we need to give counties a say in state legislatures so that condensed areas aren't deciding everything.
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A18
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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2004, 07:57:06 PM »
Do you oppose the Senate?

I'm not a big believer in pure democracy, as you know.
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A18
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« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2004, 11:38:34 AM »
State Legislature: 2 Senators per County
Federal Legislature: 2 Senators per State

I'm not talking about the Electoral College.
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A18
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2004, 04:38:12 AM »
Quote from: Alcon on November 01, 2004, 08:24:53 PM
Well, whatever it is, it doesn't matter. If you're talking about the state senate districts, then there is no need for "broad support" since they are simply districts which means that counties are back to making zero sense.

Equal population districts don't translate into wide support.
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A18
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2004, 06:32:16 PM »
They would only have equal influence in one branch of the legislature.

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An absurd misconstrution of the document by activist judges. Anyway, if state representation in a federal Senate's a good idea, I don't see what's wrong with county representation in a state Senate.
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