Matthew Yglesias makes a case for the National Popular Vote with an accompanying visual chart (h/t Andrew Gellman) illustrating how much your vote is likely to matter depending on where you live:
Speaking on behalf of the state of Ohio, we are shocked (shocked!) that we are not in fact the center of the political universe. Perhaps we’ll benefit from some crippling voter fraud/voter suppression scandals next week so everyone starts talking about us again.
Being in the center of the political universe is getting mighty old… let’s vote, already!
After Obama was in town
some signs that once read:
Vote for
CHANGE
Obama
were scribbled on, so that
“vote for”
and the C and E in change
were crossed out
leaving it to read
HANG
Obama
appalling,
regardless of candidate preference
back to sermon writing