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From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Electoral college
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Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 15:26:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 11 15:26:18 1984
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> The major argument that remains for the Electoral College is to prevent one
> region of the country from forcing a popular regional candidate on the rest
> of the nation. In 1976, for example, Jimmy Carter ran as the first
> Southerner to get a major party nomination since the Civil War and won
> the South by an overwhelming margin. His EC vote was very close, however.

So?  If Area X loves Candidate Y, and they have more people than there
are in other areas (or at least add enough votes to those of the rest of
the country to elect Candidate Y), why shouldn't that person be elected?

	Marie desJardins
	marie@harvard