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Originally Posted by Polar
The whole idea behind the Electoral College was to ensure that the larger states did not have undue influence over policy that would impact the smaller states.
Without the Electoral College, Politicians would campaign in the heavily populated states and neglect the rest. States like Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Kansas, Idaho and their citizens would NEVER be taken into consideration.
Politicians would shuttle between CA, FL. NY, IL and a few others and the rest would be ignored. A large swath of America's population would have no voice in government.
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Correct, I agree.
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The majority of people who voted in CA chose to keep Gay Marraige illegal....the people have spoken....and the interests groups went absolutely APE.
But if it had been the other way around and the majority had decided that Gay Marraige should be legal, these same interest groups would have said, "the people have spoken" and they have decided what they want. That makes it legal and we should honor it.
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eh, maybe, but the Prop8 thing was about one group trying to PREVENT the other from something. It wasn't something the pro-gay marriage people were putting out there. They had already scored their "victory" in the state supreme court.
Regardless, civil rights issues shouldn't be open to a public vote at all.