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Keyser Söze

On 1/18/16 7:19 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:20:34 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 1/18/16 4:19 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 13:07:16 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 1/18/16 12:29 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:34:42 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 1/17/16 9:32 PM, wrote:

Do you really think anyone but the democrat will have a snowball's
chance in hell of carrying Maryland whether you or even 20,000 of you
stayed home?
Richard is in the same situation. I don't see any Reagans out there.

Your disdain for the American political system is almost comical.
As for my vote, as I stated, I want to contribute to the Democratic
landslide in the popular vote. As for "Reagans," your boy Ronnie never
impressed me.

As usual you either missed the point or you intentionally ignored it.
Reagan won Mass in 80 and 84. He won Maryland in 84 too.
Since then Md and Mass have been solid blue and a few more GOP votes
or a few less dem votes were not going to change that.

As for the political system, are you saying that you like the EC now
or are you just trolling again? The popular vote is actually
irrelevant. Once a candidate wins a state, the rest of the votes there
are pretty much wasted.

Gosh, you took civics in high school or read an article.

I know what the "popular vote" is and what it means. I also know a
landslide in the popular vote can have meaning politically, and it can
also help elect downticket candidates.

You are confusing popular vote with voter turnout.

No, I am not, Dr. PoliSci

Brain fart. I notice you didn't bother to see what I meant or post the
rest of the message.

Perhaps you've noticed I rarely anymore get "involved" in your quests
here to see how many elephants can fit on the head of a pin.

It is possible you don't understand the import of a "landslide victory"
in the national popular vote, or that it isn't necessarily connected to
huge voter turnout, and that no matter how many people vote (turnout) a
"landslide" can help downticket candidates.

Oh, I know what you meant. But that's not what I was discussing, nor was
I discussing the electoral college, per se.