Hello Alan,

>>Gore v Bush in 2000. USSC gives GWB the nod by a 5-4 vote.
>
>I remember that. I often wonder if the electoral college is a good or bad
> thing.

First of all, the USSC decision did not decide the election.
Gore could have ignored it, which he did. Gore was also under
no obligation to concede. He decided to concede, citing his
reason as "for the good of the country." No other reason was
stated.

The electoral college system is antiquated, and should have
been discarded long ago. It is a relic from colonial times, which
only a small handful of countries continue to use today.

What we need is direct democracy. One person, one vote.
That is how we elect everybody else. Why should the presidency
be any different?

--Lee

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