Lately the news has been reporting again on peoples' cries to change the electoral system. Some say that it should be done only by the popular vote. Some complain that candidates are only focusing on key states. Before I go on, look at this graph. It shows the results from the 2000 election by county! Before I saw this graph, I used to think as I looked at the predictions of the 2004 elections that there was a whole lot of red on the map and not a lot of blue so why is it so close? Well this graph just amazes me even more.
To the people who complain about candidates focusing only on key states, you can quickly see that if you change the system, candidates would then only focus on key cities!!!People are right, Gore won the popular vote, but Bush destroyed Gore when it came to winning counties, square milage, and population of counties.
The electoral voting system prevents any one group(urban or rural)/city/state from having to much say in the presidential election. It allows a reflection of the entire United States. You can look at this graph and identify almost every major city that is related with the blue areas. You can easily see that if we went with the popular vote of the 2000 election it reflects only that the urban population was voting for Gore. It's obvious to see that the vast majority of ALL American regions voted for Bush.
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