Nov 05 2008
Interesting times ahead
I am very glad Obama won. Here’s hoping at least some of the positive changes he talks about will materialize!
Thank you for your comments on my previous post. The higher-up in question is probably even now asking God in disbelief how He had let such a thing as a Democrat for President happen. I am betting God is chuckling :P
On a more serious note, it looks like only 64% or so of all eligible voters actually went to the polls and cast their votes. I know that’s considered a high turn out, but I find it sad that 40% did not care or did not feel that their votes mattered. Frankly, if I were a Republican in a blue state, or a Democrat in a red state, I probably would not have gone to vote, either. To me, that’s the greatest problem with the electoral votes as they are now. I wish they were split according to popular vote in the state, instead. (Let’s say a certain state has 10 electoral votes. The popular vote went 60/40 in favor of Republicans. Therefore, 6 votes should go to the Republican candidate, and 4 to the Democrat one. Seems fair to me :-)
3 Responses to “Interesting times ahead”
There you go… trying to make sense of US government again…. When will you ever learn that you should just stop trying??? :P
Of course, even though WI selected Obama, that doesn’t actually mean the electoral college will. Typically they go with the people, but they don’t have to…
Never made much sense to me either. I always thought it should go more toward popular vote and not have this level of “decision makers” in there that aren’t needed. Kinda like Middle Management that just passes paper back and forth.