<div dir="ltr">Well, I never have been, I see no sense in starting now. I firmly believe that the folks in fly over America deserve a little representation. Allowing the country's leadership to be solely decided by the folks in the major urban areas whose concerns are, as often as not, at odds with my own seems ill advised. It would seem that the framers saw it that way as well.<div><br></div><div>g<br><div><br></div><div>g</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Moscow Cares <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:moscowcares@moscow.com" target="_blank">moscowcares@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Yes. Each, and every, state should adopt a system that awards their electoral votes in accordance with, and reflecting that state's popular vote . . . even the predominantly-left and left-leaning ones. </div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature">This way we can enforce the value of each vote.</div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420AppleMailSignature">Are you with me, Mr. Crabtree?<span class=""><br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></span></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 5:14 PM, g crabtree <<a href="mailto:direoutcome@gmail.com" target="_blank">direoutcome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">And what is a republican vote in California, New York, Washington, or Illinois worth? A serious beating perhaps? With the EC rules as they stand the democrats went into this election with better than a hundred point advantage and whiffed it because of a bad campaign and a worse candidate. (not that the winners have anything much to brag about)<div><br></div><div>With the current political climate being what it is, I very much doubt that a call for a constitutional convention to amend or abolish the electoral collage will result in anything good for the snivelling party. I imagine that it could well turn into a cautionary tale of being careful what you wish for.</div><div><br></div><div>g</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Under an electoral college system, the vote of a Democrat in a predominantly-Republican state is virtually worthless.</div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature">That same vote possesses value in an election where the winner is determined strictly by the popular vote.</div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049AppleMailSignature"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div></div><div><div class="m_-3811723074271045420h5"><div><br>On Nov 13, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:scooterd408@hotmail.com" target="_blank">scooterd408@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Yes - I am mixing apples (checks) and oranges (balances). If it's any consolation i fully support equal rights and policies to reduce greenhouse emissions. I voted for Hillary Clinton. I'm likely on your side on all issues except maybe gun control which
I oppose even as a non-gun owner. V2020 doesn't handle discourse very well which is pretty much why there is rarely a healthy debate in this forum if any debate whatsoever. I find it quite disingenuous after the fact for some on the left to be complaining
about an EC system that both parties understand extremely well. Then again, Trump bellowing non-stop that the system is rigged seemed to strike a chord with his voters, so I'm all in favor of the Dems adopting that similar strategy as well if they feel that
will help them win elections.<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 13, 2016 9:41 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy<br>
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As far as the democratic process is concerned, I'm no fan of 'Majority Rule' since it results in codified bans on interracial marriages, bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic
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<div>The EC does an exemplary job giving small states <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%">
disproportionate </span>influence over presidential elections. It plays no role in preventing '<span>codified bans on interracial marriages, bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic
process before it cements the Tyranny of the Majority</span>.' If anything, as we will see, it can make these easier to codify. Watch the Republican majority and President have a go at these.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 11:55 PM<br clear="none">
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<div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_43442">If you want to get rid of the Electoral College to make it easier for your candidates to win, then follow the process to amend the Constitution. Ted posits, 'it seems incredible to defend a system
that would allow a president to be chosen based on winning 21.8% of the vote, and grants votes in some states far more weight than in other states, unless not fully supporting democratic one person one vote principles.' My answer is that I fully support a
system that provides adequate checks and balances between the various powers in play. The EC does an exemplary job of that. As far as the democratic process is concerned, I'm no fan of 'Majority Rule' since it results in codified bans on interracial marriages,
bans on gay marriages, bans on trannies using restrooms, etc. Thankfully our system can nullify the so-called democratic process before it cements the Tyranny of the Majority.</div>
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not occupying the White House. Each party gets 8 years controlling the White House and a staggered 8 years controlling Congress. I had fully expected that Democrats to *easily* retain the White House this year and was shocked that they had failed their normally
solid base of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania none of which, I believe, had wound up in the Republican's win column in decades. What went wrong with Hillary's messaging and right with Trumps messaging to turn all three of these states from blue to red?</div>
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This is exactly why the brilliant framers came up with the Electoral College as a check / balance of not allowing Congress to select a president (except in an Electoral College tie) and not allowing a president to be elected solely by popular vote which can
be heavily skewed by the more populous states. Hillary and company were well aware of how the system elects a president and yet they still shockingly blew Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania to a hack like Trump who didn't even have the support of his own
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<div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42528">"... not allowing a president to be elected solely by popular vote which can be heavily skewed by the more populous states."<br clear="none">
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<div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42628">By this logic, perhaps we should elect Idaho's governor in a manner that prevents Ada county from a "heavily skewed" impact. I've never heard any complaints that Idaho's governor is elected based
on a popular vote, one vote one person, regardless of whether they are from a heavily populated county, like Ada, or a much smaller populated county like Latah.
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<div id="m_-3811723074271045420m_8676805954456938049yiv9649198659yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1478999325786_42629">Perhaps you are just stirring the pot here, because it seems incredible to defend a system that would allow a president to be chosen based on winning 21.8% of the vote, and grants votes in some states
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<div><font size="4"><strong>3) A Person Can Become President By Winning Only 21.8% of the Popular Vote</strong><br clear="none">
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As previously stated, the Electoral College is a winner take all system. If a candidate wins the popular vote of a state by a just a single vote, he generally receives all the electoral votes of that state (excluding Maine and Nebraska). Combine this with the
fact that smaller states receive more electoral votes per person than larger states, and it becomes possible to win the presidency by winning just 21.8% of the American public’s vote.
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<div><font size="4">According to a <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="https://www.squarefree.com/2004/11/01/winning-an-election-with-22-of-the-popular-vote/" target="_blank">
study</a> done by Jesse Ruderman, “A presidential candidate could be elected with as a little as 21.8% of the popular vote by getting just over 50% of the votes in DC and each of 39 small states. This is true even when everyone votes and there are only two
candidates. In other words, a candidate could lose with 78.2% of the popular vote by getting just under 50% in small states and 100% in large states.”</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Each person's vote should be weighted the same, unless you object somehow to fair representative democracy. The electoral college sometimes dilutes the votes of US citizens when we get an outcome like Bush v. Gore 2000, or Trump v. Hillary
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<div><font size="4">As <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://fairvote.org/" target="_blank">
fairvote.org</a> explains, “For instance, each individual vote in Wyoming counts nearly four times as much in the Electoral College as each individual vote in Texas. This is because Wyoming has three (3) electoral votes for a population of 532,668 citizens
(as of 2008 Census Bureau estimates) and Texas has thirty-two (32) electoral votes for a population of almost 25 million. By dividing the population by electoral votes, we can see that Wyoming has one “elector” for every 177,556 people and Texas has one “elector”
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<div><font size="4">By giving smaller states more electoral votes per person than larger states, disparity was created across the nation in regards to the significance of each citizens’ vote. With the Electoral College, the value of a vote depends on what state
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Nicholas Gier <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com" target="_blank">ngier006@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none">
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 11, 2016 11:31 AM<br clear="none">
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Hillary Won by 2 Million Votes! More than Gore, Nixon, Kennedy<br clear="none">
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<div>Hillary Clinton didn’t just win the popular vote. She won it by a substantial margin.
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By the time all the ballots are counted, she seems likely to be ahead by more than 2 million votes and more than 1.5 percentage points, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=pMJKdIFVI6pehkIEQ5/wRr6MZeaebV9ey6JTj6EssbnkGPFwrHQAyyTmM3EOBy+A6iORXC/pWMs=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" style="color:rgb(50,104,145);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">according
to</a> my Times colleague Nate Cohn. She will have won by a wider percentage margin than not only Al Gore in <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=gTrU3W/9enTENHkvqbCdzZgkiTHF9UbCDD4W0GhG39P5Eyf7TltaK0BpBJHmP9mI6/jeDZp5NGKCpVGSwJxHiepw3hduVzKff3iiQHZx7X4=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" style="color:rgb(50,104,145);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">2000</a> but
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John F. Kennedy in <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=gTrU3W/9enTENHkvqbCdzZgkiTHF9UbCDD4W0GhG39P5Eyf7TltaK0BpBJHmP9mI6PkjHcl220GCpVGSwJxHiepw3hduVzKff3iiQHZx7X4=&campaign_id=69&instance_id=86172&segment_id=98021&user_id=4a205c5a62f3a4293ec5342704c0aac0®i_id=29749741" style="color:rgb(50,104,145);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">1960</a>.
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mailto:<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br clear="none">
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serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
<a href="http://www.fsr.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>==============================<wbr>=========================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.<wbr>net</a></span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">mailto:Vision2020@<wbr>moscow.com</a></span><br><span>==============================<wbr>=========================</span></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>