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Question: When, in your opinion, will the electoral college be abolished?
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by 2020
#2
by 2030
#3
by 2040
#4
by 2050
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at a later date
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never
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dead0man
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« on: September 18, 2011, 08:34:38 AM »
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dead0man
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2011, 11:28:58 AM »
Quote from: Atheist2006 on September 18, 2011, 08:50:38 AM

Tiny states like Nebraska benefit from the disproportional allocation of the electoral votes, of course...
And we've past laws to take away that advantage, if the big states did the same this would cease to be an issue.  But they don't.  Why?  Because it would, ironically, make them less important in Presidential elections.
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dead0man
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2011, 01:18:53 PM »
Of course.  But my point still stands.  Nebraska (and Maine) have made changes to take away much of the (marginal) advantage small states have.  The bigger states could make these changes too, but they don't. 

But yes, the real "winners" under the electoral college system are the mid sized swing states.
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