Field Poll shows Californians lean toward dividing electoral votes

Let's take a look at the hypocritical nature of the Democratic Party shall we?  In 2000 and 2004, when Democrats lost the Presidential elections, many people, including prominent Democrats, got pissed and whined about how Al Gore REALLY won the election because he won the popular vote.  When told "that's not how it works", they all cried that we should change it.

Well we've all been on the same system for pretty much as long as America has been around.  So you'd like to think that if Republicans supported a change to reflect a more of a "popular vote" method, that Democrats would be all for it.

You'd be wrong. 

"It shows that without much (campaigning) ... there's a gut-level notion that this is the fair way of doing things," said Kevin Eckery, a spokesman for Californians for Equal Representation, a committee recently set up to push the measure.

However, the state's Democrats argue that the proposal is nothing but a "right-wing power grab."

"Republicans are in disarray nationally right now. And in California, they aren't even treading water. They'll do everything they can to steal the White House in 2008. Our job is to make sure that we take it seriously and do everything we can to kill it," said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the California Democratic Party.

So tell me, why is Roger Salazar against this proposal?  If Democrats REALLY wanted to be fair and change our voting system to a more "popular vote" type, they'd support this wholeheartedly.  However, since California has been a typically Democratic state, they don't want to change it there.  They want to change it when it suits them like the 2000 election.

That's hypocrisy boys and girls.  That's the kind of stuff you'd expect to see from a child.  What Democrats REALLY should do is say "ok, we'll change it in California, if we can put forth initiatives like this across the country".  That ways it's fair across the board.  But they don't want to because they know that certain areas of California would be won by Republicans and they are doing everything they can to get the White House back, including showing blatant hypocrisy. 

However, there is support for the initiative amongst Californians, 47%-35%.

It's sad really when you think about it.  You'd think that everyone in the political spectrum would want elections to be open and fair, but when it comes down to it, Democrats seem to want to change the rules only when it suits them, not in the name of fairness.

 

Travis

travis@rightwinglunatic.com