Re: Re: Call for a re-vote.

[Cygnet <sswans83 at calvin_edu>]

> huh, that's what happens, bub,  the candidates go to the large electoral
> states like new york, california, texas, florida and pennsylvania.  it takes
> about the entire plain and mountain states region to make for california,
> so the which state's voters are more important in the current system?

Sort of.  In actuallity the votes of say Montana are weighted so that they
get a little more say per vote.  Montana has 3 electorial votes for a
little over 1 million people compared to Florida which has 25 votes for
more than 18 million or something like that.  Needless to say there are
many more people per vote in the big vote states than there are in the big
population states.  This, at least in theory, forces the candidate to take
some consideration of the people in these states.  Otherwise why couldn't
Gore or Bush completely ignore the people of Montana.  After all they have
only 1/3 of a percent of the election.  Whereas now the people of Montana
represent 3/5 of a percent of the election.  Still a very small fragment,
but not quite as inconsequential.

Steve

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• Re: Re: Call for a re-vote.
• From: "Kyle Howe" <howe.38 at osu_edu>

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