Is It Time for the Electoral College To Go?

If we can come up with High Definition television, we ought to be able to come up with a system to TRULY make a one-voter, one-vote system.  We aren't, after all, running ballots around by the pony express these days.

The Absurdity of the Electoral College

Sarah Cowan: "This system, along with the winner-take-all practice used to allocate most states' electoral votes, creates the potential for an absurd outcome. In the unlikely event that all 213 million eligible voters cast ballots, either John McCain or Barack Obama could win enough states to capture the White House with only 47.8 million strategically located votes. The presidency could be won with just [...]

Election Prediction

I'm not saying that anything's a lock right now, but this prediction is from one of the best.

Is This The Obama McCain Electoral Vote Map For Election Day?

The University of Virginia’s Larry Sabato, who had an excellent record of predicting the past several elections and issues solid predictions in general, has now released a map showing his electoral college prediction for campaign 2008. Is this the map we’ll see after the early and election day votes are all counted? Given Sabato’s track record, it is worth a close look: [...]

 

One To Watch

I'm late to put this site in front of you, but it's worth bookmarking in the final days before the election. It's for those of you who enjoy keeping track of the electoral college predictions.  Here's a link to today's EC map, via electoral-vote.com.