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Originally posted by Useless Warrior
I have completely lost faith in my fellow idiot Americans. There is no good reason for this to be a tight election. This is proof that this election should have never been left in our hands.
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I stayed up til appx 4am my time watching it on cnn. It may be my own ignorance (probably, I can hear you say!), but the electoral voting system seems antiquated. I spent 6 years at university but must admit to falling asleep in most seminars/lectures on voting systems. The primary benefit seems that no state will be overlooked by candidates on the run up to elections. However, the drawback is obviously that your vote "may" not count, could even HELP the opposition (if I have it right). So I don't think americans are idiots, just that the voting system needs re-working (not that it will happen, given by what they've said on cnn).
Have to say I am VERY suprised it's this close. What irritates me further is having to wait 11 days before a state, such as Iowa, will even begin a thorough count. Again this, to me, seems like a law worthy of change. In an age of cnn, cbs and internet, the speed with which a decision is reached goes hand-in-hand with our faith that all is honest and every vote HAS been counted.
Anyway, fingers are still crossed for you guys (for all of us really).