Daniel Bishop wrote:
> Gore received only 48.6% of the popular vote; Bush got
> 48.3%. The difference has no practical significance
> except to those who are looking for a reason to
> discredit Bush.
The difference between the popular vote outcome and the Electoral College
outcome does, however, give us very good reason to question the Electoral
College system, which gives the less-populated states a bigger say, per
capita, than the more populous ones.
[For those who don't know, the number of Electors (for each party) per state
is equal to the number of congressional districts plus 2. It's just like the
relationship between the number of house members and the number of senators,
except that, in Congress, the two houses don't vote at the same time on the
same issue.]
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
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