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jm of Augusta, ME
Jun 24, 2008 9:45 PM
mikes:

"The top 10 states have 53.42% of the population." So what? You don't SERIOUSLY believe that ANY one candidate could POSSIBLY get ALL of those votes, do you? That's just too dumb for words!report abuse
mikes of waterville, ME
Jun 24, 2008 2:32 PM
This is was the framers of the constitution try to avoid. Big states like CA. controlling the Executive Branch of government. This plan is just silly, it tries to pretend it an electoral system. In this Maine could vote for candidate A but large state voted for B and all Maine electoral vote would go to B, against the will of the Maine people. Your vote would not count.report abuse
susan e of Mountain View, CA
Jun 24, 2008 1:04 PM
A more promising approach to electoral reform
is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

The bill would make every vote politically relevant in a presidential election. It would make every vote equal.

The National Popular Vote bill has been approved by 19 legislative chambers in large and small states (one house in Colorado, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and two houses in Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, California, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It has been enacted into law in the large and small states of Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These states have 50 (19%) of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring this legislation into effect.

see www.NationalPopularVote.comreport abuse
mikes of waterville, ME
Jun 24, 2008 10:12 AM
The top 10 states have 53.42 % or the population. The bottom 40 states have less them 3% or the population each, most less the then 2%. It would not be worth the time to be in those states.report abuse

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