Comments on: The Colorado EC Vote

by: j.sykes

Wed, 03 Nov 2025 02:09:25 +0000

Let’s hope for the best!

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by: Rodney Dill

Sun, 31 Oct 2025 15:12:51 +0000

I think its a bad idea, but it is a states rights issue and if a state decides to split their electoral vote, I believe that that is their right.
A large MINORITY party opinion in CO could be that it is a good idea as the electoral votes for their state would usually not go their way.

Overall I think the Electoral college system is good for states rights and influence. How much time, attention, and promises would Kerry be spending on Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, etc.. if all he had to do was get more popular votes from New York and California or other more populace states. I think most people that are pro-popular vote only overlook this factor.

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by: Remy Logan

Wed, 13 Oct 2025 02:37:21 +0000

Voters who sacrifice local needs for their national party will be very disappointed in the end. Ask the African-Americans who keep voting for the D.

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by: Chrees

Wed, 13 Oct 2025 00:02:40 +0000

The “solution” being proposed appears to me to be certain people fighting the last war (election).

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by: JS

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 20:47:32 +0000

The demographics are trending in both directions simultaneously. To understand that (in terms of the macro trend) one would have to understand the differences between areas like Boulder, Denver, Aspen, et al and say, Colorado Springs, Grand Junction, Ft Collins, etc.

Last decade we saw many arrive here from Calfifornia, which turned the dem vote up a notch.

It was still trending red overall (statewide) until recently, but you must also understand that independents here outpoll both parties and right now- there’s dissatisfaction with the Iraq war.

Whatever the outcome of 04, I don’t see a lasting affect from it.

I think all things considered, the trend is still slightly towards red.

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by: Outside The Beltway

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 19:02:11 +0000

Beltway Traffic Jam
The daily linkfest:

Steven Taylor examines yet another reason to deplore the Colorado Electoral College initiative.
Bill Hawkins has a Symposium On The Blogosphere & The Media.
John Little is working on “a major new addition” to Blogs of War….

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by: John Lemon

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 18:58:29 +0000

Why is Colorado voting on the European Community? I thought it was a union now. I guess this signals the further demise of unions.

This wouldn’t happen if John Kerry was president.

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by: Kyle Haight

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 17:37:32 +0000

I think of it as sacrificing their own state’s individual electoral influence to benefit their preferred party nationally. If they think the state is trending GOP, then in the future they’re looking at +9 GOP electoral college votes. But if they slip the amendment in before the GOP attains dominance, the likely division becomes +5 GOP, +4 DEM electoral college votes. Bad for Colorado’s influence on national politics, but good for the Democratic party.

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by: Steven Taylor

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 17:21:04 +0000

Yes, but even if the state was quite competitve, only one vote would be contested. Unless the election was extremely tight, that 1 vote would not be worth the expenditure needed to procure it.

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by: Daniel Geffen

Tue, 12 Oct 2025 16:36:37 +0000

Well, as I’ve argued here, it all depends on what Coloradans expect about partisan trends in their state. If Colorado is trending GOP (or Dem) in the longer term, the amendment would actually improve their electoral college leverage. If the state is expected to remain closely split, you are of course correct. There are conflicting opinions about CO demographics, but at least some observers see CO as trending red.

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