If Obama wins EC but loses PV...

[OohPooPahDoo]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

 

[kaz]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

No, you fundamentally don't understand what a Republic is, do you? That is what we were designed to be and the price of ending one of the last ways we are actually a Republic would be far too high.

I'm actually hoping that the reverse happens just to see you and your buds go all dip shit again.

 

[ItsjustmeIthink]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

They have no problem with it if the GOP candidate wins the electoral, but if its the other way around i'm really curious as to what they'll do.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

No, you fundamentally don't understand what a Republic is, do you?

So in your fucked up world a republic, by definition, requires an electoral college exactly like the one we have now.

Got it.

I guess the United States is the only republic in the world then.

 

[DiamondDave]

No.. because there is good reason to have our 3 branches chosen in 3 differing ways... We already have a branch chosen by popular vote, and that is the legislative.. the EC also ensures the voices of each state (you know, those things that give the fed its power thru the Constitution) are heard

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

No.. because there is good reason to have our 3 branches chosen in 3 differing ways... We already have a branch chosen by popular vote, and that is the legislative.. the EC also ensures the voices of each state (you know, those things that give the fed its power thru the Constitution) are heard

THere's no branch chosen by national popular vote.

Anyway EC reform doesn't neccessarily mean popular vote.

 

[Ernie S.]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Actually, that wont be a problem, seeing California has pledged to cast their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Actually, that wont be a problem, seeing California has pledged to cast their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

Only takes effect when a majority of electoral votes are similarly pledged

 

[eflatminor]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Reform? What exactly does that mean?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

No, you fundamentally don't understand what a Republic is, do you?

So in your fucked up world a republic, by definition, requires an electoral college exactly like the one we have now.

Got it.

I guess the United States is the only republic in the world then.

Are you really as fucking ignorant and stupid as you post here?

 

[DiamondDave]

No.. because there is good reason to have our 3 branches chosen in 3 differing ways... We already have a branch chosen by popular vote, and that is the legislative.. the EC also ensures the voices of each state (you know, those things that give the fed its power thru the Constitution) are heard

THere's no branch chosen by national popular vote.

Anyway EC reform doesn't neccessarily mean popular vote.

Each representative and senator is chosen by popular vote... of course a rep from Utah is not voted upon by people in NY..

There is no need for EC reform... each state 9as shown by the recent events with Cali) chooses how its EC votes are handled... but each state (as I said, those things that give the Fed its power) has and should keep its individual voice.. in that way the small states still matter

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Reform? What exactly does that mean?

Anything that changes the system from the current winner-take-all by state.

 

[nodoginnafight]

The electoral college (and Congress for that matter) gives an ever-so-slight edge in representation to rural states. As long as the GOP retains an advantage in rural states, they will not be in favor of reform imho. I don't think one setback would prompt the GOP to support an overhaul.
just MHO

 

[eflatminor]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Reform? What exactly does that mean?

Anything that changes the system from the current winner-take-all by state.

Well...since you've made such a compelling argument here...

 

[Luissa]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

I hope not.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

No, you fundamentally don't understand what a Republic is, do you?

So in your fucked up world a republic, by definition, requires an electoral college exactly like the one we have now.

Got it.

I guess the United States is the only republic in the world then.

Yes, you are that stupid

 

[Ernie S.]

No, you fundamentally don't understand what a Republic is, do you?

So in your fucked up world a republic, by definition, requires an electoral college exactly like the one we have now.

Got it.

I guess the United States is the only republic in the world then.

Are you really as fucking ignorant and stupid as you post here?

Yes. Yes he is.

 

[Luissa]

If Obama wins Electoral College but loses the popular vote, will Republicans finally be in favor of electoral college reform?

Actually, that wont be a problem, seeing California has pledged to cast their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

You should look up exactly how that will work

 

[Luissa]

Our founding fathers didn't want us to be a complete democracy for a reason.

 

[Liability]

I can't speak for Republicans.

But, as for myself and similar thinking conservatives, I say LEAVE it ALONE.

And by the way, the OP hypothetical question is completely irrelevant. The incumbent is going to lose the POPULAR vote AS WELL AS the ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE.

Thank me.