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Article: Popular vote: Flawed argument ; If true parity were the goal, why not change the structure of the Senate
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- April 26, 2008
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COMMENTARY - ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Following the morass of the 2000 presidential election, there has
been talk of doing away with the electoral college. In lieu of
amending the U.S. Constitution, individual states are now being
asked to assign their electoral votes to the candidate that wins the
national popular vote, and not the candidate preferred by that
state's voters.
Setting aside the question of whether an end-run around the
Constitution as a political expedient sets good precedent, the
supporters of this proposition are overlooking the advantages of the
electoral college system and inflating the benefits to be gained by
moving to a direct election.
The first flawed plank in the national ...