Sunday, August 22, 2004

George Will on 36

More national attention on Amendment 36. This time from George Will:

Suppose Kerry wins Colorado (in 2000 Bush won with 50.8 percent; Kerry's campaign says their man is leading today). And suppose winner-take-all is ended. Kerry will harvest five instead of nine electoral votes. He could lose the presidency by seven electoral votes (Gore lost by five), less than the eight-vote swing that Colorado's new system would produce. That would be poetic justice, the best kind.

As stated before, I think that however this presidential election turns out, this Amendment is a bad idea.

Cross-posted at TyroBlog

Hat-tip: Best Destiny