tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post501413726426336748..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: RedistrictingBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-78080311167401403632010-12-30T19:24:52.629-05:002010-12-30T19:24:52.629-05:00I, for one, welcome our new robo-posting overlords...I, for one, welcome our new robo-posting overlords.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094923391435871078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-80492003098912263032010-12-30T12:32:11.076-05:002010-12-30T12:32:11.076-05:00I decided to approve the foregoing robo-comment, b...I decided to approve the foregoing robo-comment, but I'm not sure I should have. Obviously, I approve of what it's advertising, because I linked to them directly in the item. But I really don't want to start a precedent of accepting robots.Barry Leibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-85707394251690684612010-12-30T12:31:11.756-05:002010-12-30T12:31:11.756-05:00A survey of 800 New York voters conducted on Decem...A survey of 800 New York voters conducted on December 22-23, 2008 showed 79% overall support for a national popular vote for President.<br /><br />By gender, support was 89% among women and 69% among men.<br /><br />By age, support was 60% among 18-29 year olds, 74% among 30-45 year olds, 85% among 46-65 year olds, and 82% for those older than 65.<br /><br />Support was 86% among Democrats, 66% among Republicans, 78% among Independence Party members (representing 8% of respondents), 50% among Conservative Party members (representing 3% of respondents), 100% among Working Families Party members (representing 2% of respondents), and 7% among Others (representing 7% of respondents). <br /><br />http://nationalpopularvote.com/pages/polls.php#NY_2008DECtotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-78950130082656129892010-12-30T12:29:23.080-05:002010-12-30T12:29:23.080-05:00On June 7, 2010 The New York Senate passed the Nat...On June 7, 2010 The New York Senate passed the National Popular Vote bill (S2286A / A1580B), with over two-thirds of both political parties supporting the bill in a 52-7 roll call. The vote was 22-5 among Senate Republicans (with 3 not voting) and 30-2 among Senate Democrats. The bill now goes to the 150-member Assembly where it has 80 sponsors.<br /><br />The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).<br /><br />Every vote, everywhere, would be politically relevant and equal in presidential elections. Elections wouldn’t be about winning states. No more distorting and divisive red and blue state maps. Every vote, everywhere would be counted for and directly assist the candidate for whom it was cast. Candidates would need to care about voters across the nation, not just undecided voters in a handful of swing states.<br /><br />The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes–that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).<br /><br />Historically, virtually all of the major changes in the method of electing the President, including ending the requirement that only men who owned substantial property could vote and 48 current state-by-state winner-take-all laws, have come about by state legislative action.<br /><br />The bill has been endorsed or voted for by 1,922 state legislators (in 50 states) who have sponsored and/or cast recorded votes in favor of the bill.<br /><br />In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20% of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70% opposed and about 10% undecided). Support for a national popular vote is strong in virtually every state, partisan, and demographic group surveyed in recent polls in closely divided battleground states: CO– 68%, IA –75%, MI– 73%, MO– 70%, NH– 69%, NV– 72%, NM– 76%, NC– 74%, OH– 70%, PA — 78%, VA — 74%, and WI — 71%; in smaller states (3 to 5 electoral votes): AK – 70%, DC – 76%, DE –75%, ME — 77%, NE — 74%, NH –69%, NV — 72%, NM — 76%, RI — 74%, and VT — 75%; in Southern and border states: AR –80%, KY — 80%, MS –77%, MO — 70%, NC — 74%, and VA — 74%; and in other states polled: CA — 70%, CT — 74% , MA — 73%, MN – 75%, NY — 79%, WA — 77%, and WV- 81%.<br /><br />The National Popular Vote bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers, in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states, including one house in AR (6), CT (7), DE (3), DC (3), ME (4), MI (17), NV (5), NM (5), NY (31), NC (15), and OR (7), and both houses in CA (55), CO (9), HI (4), IL (21), NJ (15), MD (10), MA(12), RI (4), VT (3), and WA (11). The bill has been enacted by DC, HI, IL, NJ, MD, MA, and WA. These 7 states possess 76 electoral votes — 28% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect.<br /><br />http://www.NationalPopularVote.comtotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.com