Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> John D. Giorgis wrote:
> >
> >This year has the perfect example - New Mexico. Both candidates
> >campaigned in New Mexico this year. If not for the electoral college, no
> >President, and no Presidential Candidate, would care two wits about New
> >Mexico. Instead, both candidates campaigned in New Mexico and had to be
> >exposed to New Mexican issues and needs.
> >
> Proof? I have experimental data on the opposite: br elections are decided
> by popular vote, but the candidates spend some times in obscure places,
> like Acre or Roraima.
Exactly. In a close election, the difference in the popular vote might be a
few small states visited by one candidate but not the other. Thus one would
imagine that the candidates would leave no stone unturned. As I've said
before, the EC allows the candidates to ignore huge blocks of voters such as
those in N.Y., Texas and California in the past election because one candidate
or the other has them sewn up early on.
Doug
