Electoral college 2012

[Elwar]

I was pretty amazed at how few people participated in electing our representative for the electoral college. There were about 90 state delegates voting, so if we'd had 45 RP folks we could've chose one of our own to go on.

And it takes 280 electors to win the presidency? A bit over 12k RP supporters could give us the 2012 election.

Perhaps that should be a side goal.

Work on becoming an elector for whichever party usually wins your state.

[AJ Antimony]

First, 270 are needed to win.

Second, when it comes to the Electoral College, people (mainly because they've been taught to) react very harshly when their Electors vote a different way than their state. If so many Electors went against their state's vote and elected someone completely different, not only would there be country-wide hangings, but the precedent would be absolutely disastrous.

Now, if Ron Paul actually carried a state, then yes, obviously that state's Electors should vote for him.

[Isaac Bickerstaff]

In Minnesota CD2, We fought like hell to actually vote on an elector. Instead, the party leadership wagged their fingers at us because we should just sit down and accept their decision because the position of elector is "totally symbolic and a way to reward loyal Republicans for a lifetime of dedication." ;@~ (pukes)

[tggroo7]

In Minnesota CD2, We fought like hell to actually vote on an elector. Instead, the party leadership wagged their fingers at us because we should just sit down and accept their decision because the position of elector is "totally symbolic and a way to reward loyal Republicans for a lifetime of dedication." ;@~ (pukes)

Antimony is right, and so is the guy you talked to. It's pretty hard to justify a small minority like us forcing the country to live under who we want as president, even if that president is the best candidate out there by far.

[Lovecraftian4Paul]

In Minnesota CD2, We fought like hell to actually vote on an elector. Instead, the party leadership wagged their fingers at us because we should just sit down and accept their decision because the position of elector is "totally symbolic and a way to reward loyal Republicans for a lifetime of dedication." ;@~ (pukes)

Your description makes me want to puke. It figures that both parties have totally castrated the Constitutional role of the Presidential elector. They were never meant to be symbolic party stalwarts who merely regurgitate the choice of the masses. Hell, if it's meant to be symbolic, why not just have every elector vote for the candidate with the most popular votes? :mad:

[tggroo7]

It's just like a Senator or Representative. Like a Senator who is supposed to represent his/her state in congressional votes, an elector votes in representation of his/her state in the vote for president. Too many people here complain that the Representatives went against those they represent in the bailout votes, but would advocate presidential electors voting against their state. We need to follow the rules/maintain principles, even when our adversaries don't.