Comments on: Population http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:21:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bob Dole http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-14210 Bob Dole Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:14:10 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-14210 Bob Dole thinks that Staten Island should be renamed to Bob Dole Island. That's what Bob Dole thinks. http://www.thetopic.net Bob Dole thinks that Staten Island should be renamed to Bob Dole Island. That’s what Bob Dole thinks.
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]]> By: Robert S. Douchebag ESQ. http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-14028 Robert S. Douchebag ESQ. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:31:24 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-14028 upstate hicks?! go fuck yourself! upstate hicks?! go fuck yourself!

]]> By: Kris http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-14027 Kris Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:19:17 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-14027 If the whole US was packed in that tightly, we would call it "new Europe" and we would have to go to Mexico for vacation. Me, I like my big open spaces in New Mexico. If the whole US was packed in that tightly, we would call it “new Europe” and we would have to go to Mexico for vacation. Me, I like my big open spaces in New Mexico.

]]> By: lildopeboy jr http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-13514 lildopeboy jr Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:39:04 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-13514 i hate maps i hate maps

]]> By: anonymiss http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-13003 anonymiss Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:49:28 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-13003 <i>The 5 boros would therorically be worth ~21 electoral votes [the whole state has 31]</i> What? NYC would have 10 Senators! That is obviously MUCH better than a lousy 10 electoral votes. And also, you're TOTALLY wrong when you suggest NYC determines the presidential vote in New York State and poor upstate gets dragged along, having their EVs exploited. Not only is NYC roughly the same size as upstate (the state has 8m in NYC, 7m upstate, 3m suburbs), but also EVERY region of NYS votes Democratic in Presidential elections, and has since the 90's. Clinton, Gore, Kerry--they all won a majority upstate, too. It's just that as New Yorkers, our individual votes for President counted 3 times less in the electoral college than the votes of the people of Wyoming. The 5 boros would therorically be worth ~21 electoral votes [the whole state has 31]

What? NYC would have 10 Senators! That is obviously MUCH better than a lousy 10 electoral votes.

And also, you’re TOTALLY wrong when you suggest NYC determines the presidential vote in New York State and poor upstate gets dragged along, having their EVs exploited.

Not only is NYC roughly the same size as upstate (the state has 8m in NYC, 7m upstate, 3m suburbs), but also EVERY region of NYS votes Democratic in Presidential elections, and has since the 90′s. Clinton, Gore, Kerry–they all won a majority upstate, too.

It’s just that as New Yorkers, our individual votes for President counted 3 times less in the electoral college than the votes of the people of Wyoming.

]]> By: Frank http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-13001 Frank Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:23:06 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-13001 Now if we could just be represented by 10 US Senators... Now if we could just be represented by 10 US Senators…

]]> By: Robert http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-12998 Robert Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:36:17 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-12998 I think its great! The 5 boros would therorically be worth ~21 electoral votes [the whole state has 31]. If NYC were to break off and become its own state, we were lose the other 10 that represents the hicks upstate that we outvote. We're much better off in terms of power as 31 instead of 21. I think its great!

The 5 boros would therorically be worth ~21 electoral votes [the whole state has 31]. If NYC were to break off and become its own state, we were lose the other 10 that represents the hicks upstate that we outvote. We’re much better off in terms of power as 31 instead of 21.

]]> By: ken http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-12993 ken Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:16:32 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-12993 Whatever happens in Brookly stays in Brooklyn. Whatever happens in Brookly stays in Brooklyn.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-10822 Matthew Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:12:25 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-10822 That should read "as good a visualization as any." That should read “as good a visualization as any.”

]]> By: Matthew http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-10821 Matthew Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419#comment-10821 I know this comment thread is basically over —and I know that I may be adding a potentially unwanted ideological flavor— but this is as good visualization as any for why (I think) the electoral college is dumb. I know this comment thread is basically over —and I know that I may be adding a potentially unwanted ideological flavor— but this is as good visualization as any for why (I think) the electoral college is dumb.

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