Here is your scenario:

Clinton 269
Dole 222
Perot 46
Nader 1


If you need 270 votes, tell me how this is NOT grid-lock.

FWIW, there is nothing wrong with the electoral college per se since it does depend on the popular vote within a state. Seems to me if you get the underlying problem fixed, the electoral college issue goes away.

In a word, you analysis is "flawed"...



>>>It's good because it includes minority viewpoints.
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>>Please balance this "good" with the grid-lock that would be imposed...
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>>< JVP >
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>Grid-lock results from having two equally-powerful antogonists. Add a third power (even a small one) to the mix and you no longer have grid-lock.
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>Peter