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Lowest voter turnout in Canadian history
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 203952"><p>We have the electoral college here. Basically if you're blue in a red state or red in a blue state, you're vote really isn't as loud as someone in a swing state. That's why the candidates only dump their money in the swing states.</p><p></p><p>The electoral college was started way back before we had the communication systems we do today. in my opinion, it's outdated. I'm not getting political. Not taking sides on either party. I feel this is an American voice issue.</p><p></p><p>Because of the electoral college, Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but Bush won the electoral vote and became President. I believe the same thing happened with Kennedy - he won the electoral vote, but not the popular. Someone correct me if I have the wrong President. It's uncommon for it to happen this way - win the electoral, but not the popular - but it can and has happened. Then you end up with a lot of angry voters who are disillusioned with the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 203952"] We have the electoral college here. Basically if you're blue in a red state or red in a blue state, you're vote really isn't as loud as someone in a swing state. That's why the candidates only dump their money in the swing states. The electoral college was started way back before we had the communication systems we do today. in my opinion, it's outdated. I'm not getting political. Not taking sides on either party. I feel this is an American voice issue. Because of the electoral college, Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but Bush won the electoral vote and became President. I believe the same thing happened with Kennedy - he won the electoral vote, but not the popular. Someone correct me if I have the wrong President. It's uncommon for it to happen this way - win the electoral, but not the popular - but it can and has happened. Then you end up with a lot of angry voters who are disillusioned with the process. [/QUOTE]
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