perhaps a bit sneaky,but not illegal though... right?
Edit - I wrote this before the edit in the post above.
/apologies for slightly confusing statement
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Fri 16 Apr 2004, 21:03,
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Edit - I wrote this before the edit in the post above.
/apologies for slightly confusing statement
its ok I shouldstop editing so much
By the way, what I meant by over-represented states for those of you not familiar with the US's system of screwing...er electing presidents is this: California, which generally votes Democrat(eg. not Bush), has a population of 37 million or so, and has 54 representatives(not sure of exact rep number), so they get one representative for every 685,000 people...But Nebraska, which has an electoral college vote of 5(I think) and a pop of 1.5 mil, gets 1 rep for every 300,000 people, and always votes republican. What a crappy explaination, but thats only one way in which our voting system is messed up.
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Fri 16 Apr 2004, 21:14,
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By the way, what I meant by over-represented states for those of you not familiar with the US's system of screwing...er electing presidents is this: California, which generally votes Democrat(eg. not Bush), has a population of 37 million or so, and has 54 representatives(not sure of exact rep number), so they get one representative for every 685,000 people...But Nebraska, which has an electoral college vote of 5(I think) and a pop of 1.5 mil, gets 1 rep for every 300,000 people, and always votes republican. What a crappy explaination, but thats only one way in which our voting system is messed up.