burbia.com — More reasons starting caucuses-primaries in Iowa (& NH) is moronic. Includes some amusing, angry emails from Iowa voters. 1 email: "...people who question Iowa are no nothings...Just because you have an education doesn't mean you know sh*t about sh*t..."
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mrsteamtankJan 4, 2008
Canada also has a problem like this were the minority dictate the power of the majority. The richest provinces proportionately get the least amount of votes compared to the poorer ones. It's basically government welfare concentrated to the least efficient provinces.Seems like the US suffers from a similar problem where the swing states gets far too much power to choose who becomes president. This way federal money spent is far more likely to benefit these swing states which must be very frustrating to citizens elsewhere.
Closed AccountJan 4, 2008
Where I live (NH) we have a saying that there are five directions here - North, South, East, West, Up! ;-) With a few exceptions (Ozarks being the one which comes immediately to mind), most everything between the Rockies and Appalachians is pretty flat by my standards. Most of what the Midwest calls 'hills' we call 'long bumps' . . . LOL.
thirdapeJan 5, 2008
"Elections take up enough time already." Haha. Yeah, who wants to spend too much time deciding who will represent them? Do they even really have to bother us with it?
michelsonmorleyJan 5, 2008
I went to the Iowa caucuses last night and was fairly appalled. Whatever you hear about Ron Paul supporters seemed exactly the opposite. The Ron Paul guys were harassed into giving more money for the Republican nomination. The Romney guys were given far more time to speak. I wish I would've read more up on the caucuses so I could've said something, but to me, it was interesting yet sickening.
notyourslaveJan 5, 2008
Ron Paul NEEDS 1,191 (a majority) of 2,380 DELEGATES to WIN<a class="user" href="http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/becomedelegate.html">http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/becomedelegate.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/delegatestates.html">http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul/delegatestates.html</a><a class="user" href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com/delegate-process/">http://www.ronpaul2008.com/delegate-process/</a>A delegate is essentially a super-voter; They get to vote for the GOP nominee. Regular voters will be voting to determine the delegates in your state Primary (or caucus); Regular voters can't vote for the GOP nominee. Remember, our system of government is a republic and not a democracy<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_NEEDS_YOU_to_be_a_DELEGATE_to_WIN">http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_NEEDS_Y ...</a><a class="user" href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Become_a_Delegate_or_Ron_Paul_will_Not_be_President_3">http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Become_a_Delegat ...</a>He only Has 2 now!
hawkeyeracerJan 11, 2008
eh, I said "about half"... close enough. And I hope to God the NH primary doesn't predict the elected President this year... eesh.