Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
To me, I think it is a miracle of marketing that elections are so close these days. At least since Bush/Gore we have been in a position where elections can be, or are contentious. When it comes down to revisiting and recounting only one state in order to determine the president it indicates that somehow the campaign powers-that-be have managed to split the country darn near evenly. If the elections weren't so close, this would not be as big of an issue.
My idea of election reform would be elimination of the electoral college and base presidential elections on the popular vote. That might elimination at least some of the gerrymandering to gain advantage.