tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post6595293208543592889..comments2023-03-23T07:28:21.107-07:00Comments on The Event: “All in all your just another brick in the wall…Jay Pounderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15028168638697435543noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post-48179949062227630872012-07-26T23:54:43.832-07:002012-07-26T23:54:43.832-07:00Oh, and this gem from the same post: " More...Oh, and this gem from the same post: " Moreover, a popular vote system would only intensify political pandering, as national candidates would face even greater pressure than today to take empty, middle-of-the-road, poll-tested, mainstream positions. Direct democracy in national politics would further dilute regional differences of opinion on issues, further narrow voter choices, and further emasculate political courage. "Josh Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473434889729586478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post-18476747055569912242012-07-26T23:49:15.652-07:002012-07-26T23:49:15.652-07:00"Those who call for the abolition of the Elec..."Those who call for the abolition of the Electoral College are hostile to liberty." - Ron Paul<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul214.htmlJosh Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473434889729586478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post-7068936019947882262012-07-25T10:47:18.083-07:002012-07-25T10:47:18.083-07:00Presidential elections don't have to be this w...Presidential elections don't have to be this way.<br /><br />The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).<br /><br />Every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. No more distorting and divisive red and blue state maps. There would no longer be a handful of 'battleground' states where voters and policies are more important than those of the voters in more than 3/4ths of the states that now are just 'spectators' and ignored after the primaries.<br /><br />When the bill is enacted by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes– enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538), all the electoral votes from the enacting states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC.<br /><br />The bill uses the power given to each state by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution to change how they award their electoral votes for President. Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have come about by state legislative action.<br /><br />In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong among Republicans, Democrats, and Independent voters, as well as every demographic group in virtually every state surveyed in recent polls in closely divided Battleground states: CO – 68%, FL – 78%, IA 75%, MI – 73%, MO – 70%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM– 76%, NC – 74%, OH – 70%, PA – 78%, VA – 74%, and WI – 71%; in Small states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE – 75%, ID – 77%, ME – 77%, MT – 72%, NE 74%, NH – 69%, NV – 72%, NM – 76%, OK – 81%, RI – 74%, SD – 71%, UT – 70%, VT – 75%, WV – 81%, and WY – 69%; in Southern and Border states: AR – 80%,, KY- 80%, MS – 77%, MO – 70%, NC – 74%, OK – 81%, SC – 71%, TN – 83%, VA – 74%, and WV – 81%; and in other states polled: AZ – 67%, CA – 70%, CT – 74%, MA – 73%, MN – 75%, NY – 79%, OR – 76%, and WA – 77%. Americans believe that the candidate who receives the most votes should win.<br /><br />The bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers in 21 states. The bill has been enacted by 9 jurisdictions possessing 132 electoral votes - 49% of the 270 necessary to go into effect.<br /><br />NationalPopularVote <br />Follow National Popular Vote on Facebook via NationalPopularVoteInctotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post-85675211418939827862012-07-24T18:43:23.517-07:002012-07-24T18:43:23.517-07:00Ha...lol... tomato... tomato.... um... ??Ha...lol... tomato... tomato.... um... ??Jay Pounderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028168638697435543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470479686561923267.post-12743203609518456812012-07-24T17:46:23.935-07:002012-07-24T17:46:23.935-07:00Ummm, hate to do this, but it's "you'...Ummm, hate to do this, but it's "you're just another brick in the wall."<br />Sorry, can't stop myself.graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104188476514336251noreply@blogger.com