[Magdalen] Stupid question

[Scott Knitter]

What I got out of the article is that while we may well decide at some
point to ditch the Electoral College (which I don't expect to happen
anytime soon), such a change would likely introduce some problems the
EC has shielded us from so far. The tradeoff may be worth it or not;
hard to tell until we do it, I guess.

I just had the thought that some interesting experiments could be done
online; perhaps a mock presidential election featuring celebrities as
candidates, with nationwide direct voting and/or instant runoff (which
blunts the effect of any divide-the-vote third candidates). But I
suppose any analysis from that could already be done on past election
results (like what if the 2000 election were sans Electoral College)?
We already know a lot of what would have happened.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Scott. I read it, but I still don't get it. I guess I'm just not politically savvy enough. I'll just keep casting my one vote, knowing it really doesn't make a difference. My theory is that if you don't vote, you lose the right to complain.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA