Nate Cohn

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

Anyway, IMO the Electoral College is not really the natural way of addressing the 'regionalism' concern. It is possible to take regionalism seriously and think the E.C. has some serious issues, by essentially introducing unnecessary noise/luck into close elections — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 22, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

This is basically the scenario that Electoral College defenders cite to defend a winner-take-all system: the possibility that one region could basically decide the result for the rest of the country. Again, that's not what we've had in the US, but here it plays out IRL — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 22, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

But for those (presumably mainly liberals) who don't really give any credit to the regionalism argument on behalf of the E.C., it is worth mulling how they would feel about a one-sided vote in Alberta/Sask. basically overruling the country — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 22, 2019 Hibernated