02-06-2018, 12:22 PM
(02-06-2018, 10:52 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Well, to be fair the system is so different now that many states now compel them to vote a certain way.
Oh, I know. It's just fun to poke fun.
(02-06-2018, 10:52 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: We have a document based essay on the electoral college that we've had to edit. One document shows all of the times the popular vote winner lost, so we had to add one more. Another has a quote defending the EC by stating that it protects the two party system and prevents eccentric millionaires and single issue demagogues from jumping in.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
