Subsequent recounts in Florida not only upheld the assigning of the Florida vote to Bush, but actually increased his margin over Gore. If we eliminate the electoral college, every precenct in every state would be in the same chaos that Florida was in. The fact that we chose a president under these conditions without a civil war showed that the system worked, despite its flaws. And its flaws are many, but mostly at the local level, where responsibility for running the local votes are in the hands of the locally-elected officials. So we end up with people being turned away at the polls, confusing ballots, rejected ballots being counted as good, vote altering, and quibbling over standards of measurement.
Life is so entertaining, sometimes.
That does it, I'm going back. I whole heartedly agree, Lenora. It's basically up to Ontario, but that isn't to say Manitoba didn't have the larger majority siding with Chretien as well. But then, I come from a line of people who don't ever seem to vote for the people who win. I don't think we've ever voted for Chretien, but time and time again .