Back when the nation was about the States, not the federal government. The federal government is now much more powerful than ever envisaged, so really what the Founding Fathers thought is not relevan… (View Post)

True, although the size of victory (in terms of seats) does matter in our system. (View Post)

You're missing the point, as usual. The point is that a tiny number of voters in the context of the whole election can swing the entire result, regardless of the overall popular vote. The size o… (View Post)

The US system makes sense in the context of non-centralised powerful state government. However the power of the federal government in the modern age makes the discrepancy between the popular vote and… (View Post)

Newcastle has counted quicker than Sunderland the past few elections FYI (View Post)