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Yes, our election cycle is ghastly--a marathon that exhausts both the candidates and the public, even as it flushes several hundred million dollars down the toilet. We should have a four-month election process, with compulsory public financing for all candidates who make it through the primaries. Oh, and can we dump the electoral college while we're at it? :)

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  ind061 year, 1 month ago
  
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  Yes, but WHERE would we dump it? There are issues of toxicity here.
  
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  BronxBomber1 year, 1 month ago
  
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  Dump the electoral college James??? ...But don't you know that a waste is a terrible thing to mind?...
  
  :o/
  
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  Mdiar1 year, 1 month ago
  
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  I like the electoral college, it just needs a tweak. Perhaps doing it like Nebraska and Maine allocate the votes; by congressional district with the winner of the popular vote picking up an extra two. Otherwise I fear all the advertising would go to attempting to pick up cities and completely ignore areas with a low population density.
  
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    JamesMarcus1 year, 1 month ago
    
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    I would argue that parity in the Senate already protects those areas with lower population density against the metropolitan hordes. But hey, I'm speaking as a city boy :).
    
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