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mountain grammy

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7. In the 30's and 40's, everyone voted Democratic,

Reply to reformist2 (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 12:56 AM

Jan 2013

even my diehard Republican inlaws, and all their old friends. My mother said even my dad's upstate NY Republican family voted for FDR. We just need a candidate that will shout our message of hope, fairness, and economic stability for the working class. JFK shouted the same message, and, had he lived, the landslide would have been enormous. These men talked to the people. Even though they came from great wealth, they were one of us. All we need is that kind of candidate and the money out of politics, and no Republican scheme to shortcut democracy will ever work.

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The notion that Romney would have won under a different electoral college system is dubious. [View all] reformist2 Jan 2013 OP

You can tell those results would happen because of the House jeff47 Jan 2013 #1

But how you allocate resources would totally change. The Repugs could have even lost the House... reformist2 Jan 2013 #2

THERE IS NO STRATEGY that Could have Won for Obama Under the Proposed Rules AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #5

The result of such a system is not "team Obama" in the suburbs jeff47 Jan 2013 #6

good point, and the obama campaign certainly knows how to strategize by conditions of contest. unblock Jan 2013 #3

Sssssshhhhhh! Listen to Sun Tsu Lefty Thinker Jan 2013 #4

Good point. I just wanted people here to see that we'll probably keep winning no matter what. reformist2 Jan 2013 #8

In the 30's and 40's, everyone voted Democratic, mountain grammy Jan 2013 #7

Using the house as a tie-breaker is already in the constitutiom, SoCalDem Jan 2013 #9

It would have altered this election DRAMATICALLY Cosmocat Jan 2013 #10