This is going to be my last blog speaking about the presidential race. Obama has won and we will either be going into the best four years of American history or the worse.
We currently have a super majority in Congress and the Senate. There are currently more liberal judges on the supreme court than any other time in our history. What President Obama wants for laws will pass. There is nothing in the government system to stop him at this point. If he keeps to his promises things might get better in the United States. Many people will argue they can't get worse. I laugh at those people.
There are many things this country needs to get out of the hole its in. Hopefully, we will get the changes we need to do so. We, the American people, need to go into these four years with our eyes open.
And on a tangent that is related to the election- it was a close popular race but a landslide electoral race. How does that work? Each state gets an automatic two points then gets additional points based on the population. So say California gets a lot of electoral votes and Maine gets very few. Lets say only 100 people in California vote and amazingly every eligible person in Maine votes (yes people that is more than 100) whomever is running for president gets more electoral votes because of California and wins. Now so far it has gone the way o f the popular vote lines with the electoral but it is possible that in the future it might not. What will we do then.
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So...maybe I am wrong, Its quite possible, but didn't the popular vote and the electoral vote opposition already happen in 2000 when Al Gore won the popular vote, but Bush got the electoral vote? I wasn't yet old enough to vote (not even close actually) but I remember my father being angry about this outcome. I agree though, popular vote should win. Otherwise, why bother voting at all? The electoral college was a great idea when we had to manually count all votes, then mail the results. Now with automatic counters, and the web where we can have results in just a few hours, the whole concept of electoral college is outdated, and should be abolished. I do not enjoy being told that my vote counts LESS just because I happen to live in a very sparsely populated state. My opinion should matter just as much as Joe Schmoe in California.
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