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Compromise anyone? Maybe we could get rid of Electoral College but also have the Senators apportioned by population in their respective states just like congress is. Why should for example Wyomng get 2 senators and California only 2 when it has more than 50 times the population of Montana?
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I am hoping one coast on the east side of the country can see the light and help change our direction.

The west coast just keeps demanding more of what every.

The above was me wondering. Otherwise I would be in fantasy land..
You have to remember in the case of California they are also givers. There's a lot of industry there. And it and the east coast also have the ports that serve the country well.
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Compromise anyone? Maybe we could get rid of Electoral College but also have the Senators apportioned by population in their respective states just like congress is. Why should for example Wyomng get 2 senators and California only 2 when it has more than 50 times the population of Montana?
Please larryr don't give CA., any ideas for more power... And I agree today do we really need the Electoral College?

I know I think not.
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High time we get rid of the electoral college. It's an insult to intelligent people.
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High time we get rid of the electoral college. It's an insult to intelligent people.


It would be better to have the now gone football refs than these groups of political genies..
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