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Stupor Tuesday
If you haven’t started the day with a headache, chances are you’ll end with one. The mathematics of today’s primaries would stupefy Einstein–super delegates, bonus delegates, caucuses, district splits, threshold percentages…
Last night Keith Olbermann and reporter David Shuster started out to explain it all and ended up in Abbott and Costello’s Who’s-on-First routine. Click on “Deconstructing delegates” and watch.
What ever happened to people going into a booth, pulling a lever and counting up the votes to see who wins?
Cross-posted from my blog.
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2 Responses to “Stupor Tuesday”
Let's not overload anybody once more with the Electoral College…
“What ever happened to people going into a booth, pulling a lever and counting up the votes to see who wins?”
That would be far too simple and direct. The system we have now is cumbersome and designed to confuse voters and maximize the opportunity for those wish to work the system.