If this were common if every state we would effectivly remove the people from the decision of picking a President. It would be hard to imagine many races that would end in someone getting 270 electoral votes. That and they would have to limit the number of times we can recount and how many times we can take each congressional district to court.

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Which is an incredibly stupid reason for keeping it around. Cities are places where large amounts of people come together in a relatively small area. Obviously, that's the most effective place for candidates to focus their attention. Considering that with the exception of some places in the midwest, most people are within a couple of hours drive of a major city, I really see no problem at all with candidates focusing only on cities. However, it would be nice if candidates were campaigning to all of the states instead just the swing states, which getting rid of the electoral college would cause to happen.

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But would the nine then be obligated to cast their votes in a particular fashion? Between naps, I seem to recall that being a false assumption. Am I thinking of the Electoral College, or something else?

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