Americans Overwhelmingly Want the Electoral College Eliminated
An overwhelming 62 percent of Americans think the electoral college should be eliminated and replaced with a national popular vote for determining who will be president. That’s consistent with polling...
View ArticleAl Gore Joins Call for a National Popular Vote
Former Vice President Al Gore has very publicly joined the call for the United States to eliminate the Electoral College and instead have our President directly elected by a national popular vote like...
View ArticleVirgil Goode Makes the Virginia Ballot
Virgil Goode, when he was a Congressman in Virginia The most important political news of the day has nothing to do with the Democratic national convention. It is that Constitution Party nominee for...
View ArticleThe 56.6 Million Who Will Decide the Election for the Other 255 Million
In other sane and fair democracies with elected presidents, the whole county votes and the candidate supported by the most people becomes the president. Sadly “sane” and “fair” are two words that...
View ArticleRogue Electors: Another Reason the Electoral College Is Really Terrible
Electoral College 2012 (image: Adam Lenhardt / wikimedia) The President of the United State is selected not by the voters of the country but by the Electoral College. This horribly designed system...
View ArticleOhio, Ohio, Ohio
If you were forced to guess at any moment where one of the candidates is going to be between now and the election the smart money is on Ohio. There is no better proof that all sides think the state...
View ArticleThe Top Seven Ways the Electoral College is Unfair, Stupid and Dangerous
If I were asked to come up with a more idiotic, unfair, and potentially crisis-inducing way to select a president than our current Electoral College system, it would be a struggle for me. The degree to...
View ArticleNow Democrats Have the Big Electoral College Advantage
Electoral College Map 2012, official Florida results still pending. If the election on Tuesday had been closer it is possible that President Obama could have won the Electoral College while losing the...
View ArticleAmericans Overwhelming Want the Electoral College to Be Eliminated
Electoral College 2012 By a greater than two-to-one margin American voters want to eliminate the idiotic Electoral College system for selecting a President, and replace it instead with a direct popular...
View ArticleBy Two-to-One Margin Americans Want to Eliminate the Electoral College
With the next Presidential election almost four years away, the Electoral College gets little attention but it is always worth pointing out what a horrible institution it is. According to Gallup, by a...
View ArticleThe Top Seven Ways the Electoral College is Unfair, Stupid and Dangerous
If I were asked to come up with a more idiotic, unfair, and potentially crisis-inducing way to select a president than our current Electoral College system, it would be a struggle for me. The degree to...
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