Comments on: 270 votes to win!

By: Joseph Magaro

Joseph Magaro — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:27:14 +0000

I believe it’s a fair system that should not be messed with! The college allows for each state to have; like a separate election where the one who gets the most votes wins the state… and the winner of any state should win all of the states electoral votes. States are also usually regionalized and overall the Electoral College allows for the majority in a given region and state to be properly represented. A popular vote does not allow for the majority in a regional and state to represent the differences in voters. The Electoral College mathematically seems unfair on the surface however; any other way would not be a true representation of a state’s right to elect a president.

By: jade whitehead

jade whitehead — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:18:41 +0000

I agree with you lj. I think it is a great initiative in which future presidents actaully DO have to go across the country, and it shows they are genuinly concerned with the opinions of all people, not just those with high rise flats! Well done to Obama too; he worked really hard, and he’ll do great things for the USA now elected.

By: lj

lj — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:08:45 +0000

I sort of agree with this. Otherwise candidates would bypass all rural areas and concentrate campaigning in densely populated cities and suburbs only. That would leave out much of the middle of the country. I am sure someone would disagree and they are most welcome to do so.