Originally Posted by ---locke---

Last week in my Poli-Sci class we dove in to the age old discussion of...Does your vote Really count?

The technical answer is No. But at the same time if no Democrats vote in a given state the the Republican candidate will win that state, so in that case your vote did matter. Thus creates the paradox.

It seems that now that all but a handful of the states have been designated as either red or blue (Texas will always be taken by the Republicans, California will always be taken by the Dems). This means that the minority party's votes in a given state mean nothing ever.

Riddle me this: Your vote in a national election means nothing, yet 120 million will vote, the only time your vote actually means anything is in state or local elections but you may have 2,000-5,000 vote in a county of 50,000? The only things we can really change are at the state and local level, people need to understand this.

Why even vote? And how many are in favor of switching from the current electoral system to the popular vote?

My proposition: Write in "Albert Hainesworth" (Defensive Tackle for the Tennessee Titans)

Originally Posted by HT!

I'm speechless.