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Originally posted by r3x29yz4a:
And, the farmers have no idea what the people in the cities need to survive. Bottom line is that it's supposed to be one person one vote.
And that's how it works. I get one vote to decide how my state is going to represent me in the electorial college. It's a balance that is needed or else farm subsidies could be erradicated causing our nation's crops to dwindle and drive prices for goods made from them through the roof all due to the fact that some New Yorker doesn't know that cotton or corn is important to our economy. It works. Despite what people bitch and moan about, it works.

If we didn't have it in place, it's cause a lot of troubles come election time. Clinton didn't win a majority of the popular votes when he ran. Thanks to the electorial college, we didn't need a run-off election to decide it because he won a majority of the electorate.