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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:20 AM Jan 2013

Now the GOP will make country votes count more than city votes

As if urban voters will be classified as 3/5ths of an electorate, discounting the overall popular vote and handing one side an unnatural majority and control.

If Republicans can't win fair and square, on the strength of their own ideas, they will invariably CHEAT.

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Now the GOP will make country votes count more than city votes (Original Post) MrScorpio Jan 2013 OP

We need to get them to attend more gun shows rightsideout Jan 2013 #1

defacto apartheid Dawson Leery Jan 2013 #2

Democrats better do something about this. Perhaps a constitutional still_one Jan 2013 #3

rightsideout

(978 posts)

1. We need to get them to attend more gun shows

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:25 AM

Jan 2013

The rest will take care of itself.

But yea, they'll try to redistrict and gerrymander to get more electoral votes. They know they are loosing votes so the obvious thing to do is "move" what votes are left to their districts.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

2. defacto apartheid

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:27 AM

Jan 2013

still_one

(92,229 posts)

3. Democrats better do something about this. Perhaps a constitutional

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2013, 12:28 AM

Jan 2013

Amendment getting rid of electoral college. Have the president elected by popular vote

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