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guolan
Posted on: Interviews: Obama or Romney?
November 7, 2012 at 7:05 AMThat would be interesting.
Posted on: Interviews: Obama or Romney?
November 6, 2012 at 1:05 PMI do realize this is a problem, but I think it would be mostly solved if all states were to do what Maine and Nebraska do, that is, instead of having a "winner takes all" system in which the winner of a state's popular votes gets all of their electoral college votes, the electoral votes are allotted proportionately, so that if a candidate gets one-third of that state's popular vote, he also gets one third of that state's electoral votes.
Of course, candidates would still favor areas where population is high and where voters are undecided, but that seems fair.
Posted on: Interviews: Obama or Romney?
November 6, 2012 at 10:01 AMWe (the USA) have this system because we began as a group of loosely united states. Each state was (and still is, to varying degrees) rather reluctant to give up its independence to a national government. So, each state gets a certain number of votes, based on how many people belong to that state, and one representative for each vote gets to go to the national level and formally elect the new president. When I cast my vote, I'm actually helping my state decide who will represent my state's votes to the national government, a Romney-leaning representative or an Obama-leaning representative.
I kind of see the point for this system, because I like the idea of being reminded that our national government is supposed to be answerable to our state governments.
Posted on: The Price of Marriage
November 4, 2012 at 12:09 AMI agree. I enjoyed being able to see this cultural expectation from the perspective of the Chinese character in the dialogue.
Posted on: The Opposite and The Unexpected: 相反 and 反而
November 3, 2012 at 5:08 AMExcellent topic and excellent explanation! I enjoyed listening.
Posted on: 中国人爱储蓄
October 31, 2012 at 2:12 AM我也问了我的美国的丈夫，他也同意你。男来自火星，女人来自金星！
Posted on: Increase and Decrease, Rise and Fall
October 28, 2012 at 5:51 AM我经常把上涨和下降混起来。这个请问很有用。
Posted on: The Brave Little Tailor (Part 1)
October 26, 2012 at 2:23 AM生词可能有一个小问题，“服气”可能需要改正，“不服气””。
Posted on: The Brave Little Tailor (Part 1)
October 26, 2012 at 2:20 AM听童话很有意思。我也特别喜欢你们用的那些音乐！你们的解释也特别好，我第一次听了，全部听不懂，可是听了你们的解释（听了两次），我就每个词都能听得清楚。
Posted on: Interviews: Obama or Romney?
November 8, 2012 at 7:30 AMDo Tea Party folk believe English should be the official language of the US? Because I'm a tea party gal, and I don't believe that.
As a tea partier, though, I am curious as to where the money came from to supply a sticker to every one who voted! That's a lot of stickers...