TED Community ยป Carolyn Schaefer

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  • A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

    Jan 2 2013: This is interesting. A popular vote to elect the Electoral College...good thinking!

  • A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

    Jan 2 2013: Agreed. Here's a treat...
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/quotes

  • A comment on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

    Jan 2 2013: The popular vote should repace the electoral college, I believe. I'm not old enough to vote (except for in my school's mock election), but if I was then I would really to feel like my vote had its fair share of influence. The electoral college is undermining the claimed fairness and equality in our political system and therefore putting even more political distrust in American minds. The winning candidate should be the candidate with the most votes. Please see link below for a prime example.
    http://www.google.com/imgres?q=al+gore&num=10&hl=en&safe=active&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=562&tbm=isch&tbnid=hmjbsx2leyg6VM:&imgrefurl=http://www.biography.com/people/al-gore-9316028&docid=owT6TuCFbELUjM&imgurl=http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/G/Al-Gore-9316028-1-402.jpg&w=402&h=402&ei=nFjkUMbxHYGV0QH52oHQDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=2&vpy=35&dur=450&hovh=224&hovw=224&tx=117&ty=150&sig=105362329924787298585&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=167&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:89&surl=1

  • A reply on Conversation: Should term limits be imposed on Congress?

    Dec 11 2012: I agree with you in that both sides of the argument have valid reasoning. I think that term limits would also change the focus of a Congress person's career as a whole by forcing their efforts into their Congressional duties rather than their own reelection. But at the same time, a Congress made up of brand new faces every few years might not only upset stability but also create the same issue that citizens complain about today: the inability of Congress to "get anything done."

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