Post by Klington on Apr 8, 2010 11:50:53 GMT -5
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This really hasn't had much discussion, at all. However, I was thinking about this in the shower and it struck me how totally wrong the State of California is.
I couldn't find any statistical evidence unfortunately, however, I am very sure that this is a correct statement, so I will make it anyway. If anyone with excellent google abilities could help back me up, it would be appreciated.
The fact of the matter is, that California is a mobocracy. The urban cityscape holds a small majority of the votes and is largely liberal, while the rural areas hold a large minority of the votes and is largely conservative. What happens is that you get wacked out policies on both sides of the state. People like Arnie get elected. When 51% of the state votes for a president and 49% votes against, the huge 55 electoral votes go for the majority and effectively deny the vote of 49% of the population (please don't turn this into an argument against the electoral college, let's just play like it'll be there forever). All of this could be easily remedied if the state were split into a north and south.
The state explicitly goes against the founder's intent. They incredibly, incredibly, despised mobocracy and wanted states to be places where people with common viewpoints could associate with each other (as per Madison in the Federalist Paper #10), not be at each others necks.
I had more to say, but I forgot. I will post more later.
This really hasn't had much discussion, at all. However, I was thinking about this in the shower and it struck me how totally wrong the State of California is.
I couldn't find any statistical evidence unfortunately, however, I am very sure that this is a correct statement, so I will make it anyway. If anyone with excellent google abilities could help back me up, it would be appreciated.
The fact of the matter is, that California is a mobocracy. The urban cityscape holds a small majority of the votes and is largely liberal, while the rural areas hold a large minority of the votes and is largely conservative. What happens is that you get wacked out policies on both sides of the state. People like Arnie get elected. When 51% of the state votes for a president and 49% votes against, the huge 55 electoral votes go for the majority and effectively deny the vote of 49% of the population (please don't turn this into an argument against the electoral college, let's just play like it'll be there forever). All of this could be easily remedied if the state were split into a north and south.
The state explicitly goes against the founder's intent. They incredibly, incredibly, despised mobocracy and wanted states to be places where people with common viewpoints could associate with each other (as per Madison in the Federalist Paper #10), not be at each others necks.
I had more to say, but I forgot. I will post more later.
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