Al Gore: Electoral College System Should Be Replaced By Popular Vote (VIDEO)

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Al Gore: Electoral College System Should Be Replaced By Popular Vote (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing
Posted: 08/31/2012 11:24 am Updated: 08/31/2012 11:30 am
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Former Vice President Al Gore gave a strong endorsement on Thursday for abandoning the Electoral College and returning to a presidential election system more heavily determined by the popular vote.

In a discussion during Current TV's coverage of the Republican National Convention, Gore and his co-panelists argued that Electoral College system had a corrosive effect on the power of votes and presidential leadership. For voters, casting ballots in a state that is predictably red or blue feels pointless in determining presidential elections. For leaders, visiting a state that is already in the bag for Republicans or Democrats seems unnecessary.

"I really do now think that it's time to change that," Gore said. "It's always tough to amend the Constitution and risky to do so, but there is a very interesting movement under way that takes it state by state, that may really have a chance of succeeding. I hope it does."

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[patrice]

1. K&R

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I Hope You Enjoy Your Short Visit Here

Ironically I agree with you. It's a waste of breath as it will never happen.

[malaise]

6. Bye bye

Let's have your favorite flowers

[Motown_Johnny]

4. Politically Impossible.

To get a 2/3 majority vote in each house of Congress would require a number of members to vote against their own state's interests by lowering their impact on Presidential elections.

To get 38 states to then ratify it is to have even more states vote to reduce their impact on Presidential elections.



Impossible.

[Nye Bevan]

5. And have to do a recount of the entire United States in the event of a close election?

In which every sheriff in RedStatesVille would have every incentive to "discover" a few thousand extra Republican votes?

No thanks.

[gopiscrap]

7. Not to mention that this year

if you look at the projected winner in each of the states, the electoral college is actually working in our favor!