tonight's vote is a landslide in terms of electoral college votes but in terms of raw votes, it wasn't a landslide at all

right now, Obama has 52% of the popular vote

and 70% of the electoral college votes

I think that's a point that most people don't think about, and it's good that you brought it up.

It's similar to how here in England, a lot of people still think they vote for a person, and not a party. Here, they vote for a party...

and even if we look at the last three remaining states and we assume that the popular winner as currently stated receives their votes

and the party elects whomever they view best represents their policies.

Obama still gets 68% of the elctoral college votes

anyway, I'm just reminding people because the election seems like more of a landslide than it really was

and if the numbers had been the same but for the opponent, we would be complaining

just saying that I think we should try to avoid rubbing it in their faces that it was a landslide, since 52% of the popular vote isn't one

she would be very uncomfortable with a party system in which I voted for a party and not a person

to be able to rely on the identity of a person to vote for, but maybe that's just a cultural difference that I could adjust to

going to bed now.

die prop 8 die.