AKA2D '91, If I were reading this and had no idea about Electoral College & popular vote (which many, young and old really don't understand) I would think my vote does not count. So, I have to beg to differ yet again!! I do not have a Poly Sci degree I graduated w/ a CSC degree and so maybe the statistical / analyzing wizard is coming out in me?!?!
Let us contemplate over the following:
1) The states that Gore won the popular vote (i.e. you and me voting for him and he wining) did he not also 'Technically' take that states Electoral College votes? I think yes
2) Why don't we have a president yet for 2001? Because the world is waiting for f'ed up Jeb Bush town to recount messed up popular votes, and so far Bush is winning … so is it safe to say that winner of the popular vote there will take the Electoral College votes also? I think yes EC votes usually follows pop vote
So why would you say that our popular votes does not count and does not elect the president? To my understanding, our popular vote elects electoral college and then based on who Al Gore and bush choose to represent them, then on December 18, electoral college votes based on what the people (i.e. popular vote) wants. As stated once before this has only gone astray twice in History, true it can happen again, but I would be careful saying our vote does not elect the president because I think it does … that is why split voting and voting for Nader in states Gore should win, is just not good enough, vote for the person you want to win. All news stations are now talking about how Gore is winning popular vote Nationally …. He could not do this without us voting for him.
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