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Gratuitous (yet brief) Political Rant
I am really, really, really tired of hearing about the poor plight of Utah Democrats who feel 'disenfranchised' because Utah's electoral votes will most definitely be voting Republican in November.
What's the difference between their 'plight' and that of Republican voters in New York and California--other than the second group contains several million more people than the first?
October 21, 2004 in Current Affairs | Permalink
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I can see why you'd feel tired of hearing that. And I'm not one of the people who complains about that either. But I've wondered if this total Republican majority will ever result in some kind of political backlash where future generations of Utahns flip over to the other side.
Maybe that's a nutty idea though. Just a thought.
Posted by: danithew | Oct 21, 2004 12:59:53 PM
I think the frustration in Utah is different because it seems like the church mixes in to political persuasion so much there. Having just moved from Salt Lake City to CA, I still find closed minded party liners in my ward here but at least church members are a tiny percent of the whole state population.
Posted by: Katherine | Oct 21, 2004 7:39:29 PM
The difference is that it's me, silly! That makes it much more important.
Posted by: Lisa | Oct 21, 2004 10:11:58 PM
I'm a Louisiana resident and the state has typically voted Democrat. But since the 1980's and the Reagan revolution, a lot of Dems have switched party affiliation, particularly in the past few years. In fact, our U.S. rep, Congressman Rodney Alexander, got some national coverage when at the last minute he changed from Democrat to Republican. Personally, I'm supporting the TRUE Republican in the race, Jock Scott. Alexander may be the incumbent but is perceived as a phony GOP-er.
As for Utah, well, I was in Salt Lake City and Provo in August and was surprised at how FEW political signs and bumper stickers I saw. Utahns (except for some radical leftists I encountered at Sabbathon at In the Venue) aren't bumper sticker people. I guess it's such a given in most portions of the Beehive State that Utah is a GOP stronghold, so few folks feel it necessary to slap a Bush-Cheney sticker on the minivan.
I did encounter Sheriff Richard Mack over Memorial Day weekend while in Atlanta. He's a staunch Libertarian and when I brought up Mike Leavitt, he had nothing good to say. Hmmm. Check the Deseret News today and read the article on Leavitt's first year as head of the EPA. It isn't good.
Posted by: Andrew W. Griffin | Oct 22, 2004 9:15:51 AM
There is no difference. Which is why the Electoral College needs to be discarded in favor of a purely democratic vote. What could be fairer than having each citizen's vote mean no more no less than every other citizen's vote?
Posted by: Silas s | Oct 22, 2004 1:40:43 PM
*cough*Mob Rule*cough*
But really, the founding fathers struggled with that issue; they understood that a pure democracy is fraught with problems, like mob rule, and worked out a plan to try to limit the problems while still addressing the needs of the people to govern themselves. Since we are not a Democracy rather a Constitutional Representative Republic, we have the Electoral College being the deciding factor of Presidential elections.
Posted by: Anon | Oct 29, 2004 4:52:54 PM
