tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387443020341068473.post192167639039242235..comments2010-01-27T20:16:52.475-08:00Comments on The Electoral College: Was my vote wasted?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387443020341068473.post-90901585341814234872007-05-21T17:18:00.000-07:002007-05-21T17:18:00.000-07:00Answer to Fred.Whether you vote for a losing candi...Answer to Fred.<BR/><BR/>Whether you vote for a losing candidate or do not vote at all, the winning candidate will be credited with your vote. The losing candidate cannot be helped by your vote or non vote.Philip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169028342346969291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387443020341068473.post-45212089832304524082007-05-21T17:16:00.000-07:002007-05-21T17:16:00.000-07:00Answer to anonymous.Whether you vote for a losing ...Answer to anonymous.<BR/><BR/>Whether you vote for a losing presidential candidate or do not vote, these votes are transferred to Washington D.C. as votes for the winning candidate. Though you might have agreed with the policies of the losing candidate --the net effect is to show that you agree with the policies of the winning candidate. <BR/><BR/>NOT VOTING DOES NOT SOLVE THIS <BR/>PROBLEM, 538 electoral votes will be transferred to Washington D.C.<BR/>whether you voted or not.<BR/><BR/>The solution to this problem is to eliminate the "Winner Take All"<BR/>portion of the Electoral voting system. The allocation of Electoral<BR/>votes to each state would remain the same in order not to antagonize<BR/>the less populated states. The electoral votes won be each candidate would be prorated based on the popular votes acquired by each candidate within each state and it would still require 270 electoral votes to elect a president.Philip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169028342346969291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387443020341068473.post-39716848874926685912007-05-20T21:06:00.000-07:002007-05-20T21:06:00.000-07:00Sounds to me like either way, whether you vote for...Sounds to me like either way, whether you vote for the losing candidate, or you don't vote at all, it won't help or hurt the winning candidate. Correct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4387443020341068473.post-82820415421029336012007-05-20T17:13:00.000-07:002007-05-20T17:13:00.000-07:00OK - I understand a bit - but even if I'm pretty s...OK - I understand a bit - but even if I'm pretty sure my candidate will lose - isn't it better to vote for him/her than not vote at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com