How should presidential elections be decided?
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Albert Wenger
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
I Love the US Electoral System
9/21/2009 11:26:55 AM
Los Angeles Times
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"California should join the National Popular Vote movement"
8/25/2008 7:16:27 AM
Hendrik Hertzberg
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, will make a change in democracy”
7/26/2008 2:18:31 PM
Michael Dukakis
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"I think it is high time we got rid of the Electoral College and elected our presidents the way we elect every other elected official in the country - by a vote of the people"
7/11/2008 2:53:32 PM
Kevin Powell
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"I am looking for an America that will have the courage to abolish the electoral college once and for all..."
7/7/2008 6:29:14 PM
Lou Dobbs
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"electoral process is part of the reason that our government simply doesn't work"
7/2/2008 3:45:19 PM
Howard Dean
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"it’s not necessary to avoid a popular vote on Presidents now"
5/26/2008 4:10:52 PM
Constitution Party
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
"The Constitution Party encourages states to . . . return to the procedure intended by the Framers."
4/3/2008 11:21:34 PM
Bill Nelson
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"The goal is simple: one person, one vote"
3/31/2008 2:36:50 PM
Ron Reagan
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"We could do away with the electoral college, for one"
3/24/2008 12:46:43 PM
Ari Fleischer
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
"The history of our country shows it's (electoral college) largely worked"
3/8/2008 11:21:27 AM
Evan Bayh
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"I think our president should be chosen by the majority of the American people."
4/15/2007 8:55:38 PM
Mike Gravel
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
"You could do away with the electoral college"
4/15/2007 8:05:45 AM
Alan Keyes
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
"Safeguards that allow . . . stability and longevity"
4/14/2007 4:43:25 PM
Tom Daschle
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
"We'd see the polarization of this country" (!)
4/14/2007 4:43:10 PM
Steve Forbes
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
Popular vote "would balkanize" the country
4/14/2007 4:43:00 PM
George Will
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
The EC system discourages "narrow ideological or geographical majorities"
4/14/2007 4:42:49 PM
Ann Coulter
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
"At a certain point you have to cut off debate"
4/14/2007 4:41:55 PM
Carl Levin
Presidential elections should be decided by popular vote.
Supports direct election, among other alternatives
4/14/2007 4:41:27 PM
Mitch McConnell
Presidential elections should be decided by the electoral college.
Without it, court battles in nearly every state
4/14/2007 4:41:11 PM