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Shorter Republicans: It's just so unfair that elections are decided by the side with more voters.

Especially when those voters are black! "Republicans escaped the 2012 election with continued control of most state houses and governor’s mansions. But this time the electoral vote rethink is happening more quickly. In Pennsylvania , there is a proposal to split electors by popular vote. In Ohio, Secretary of State Jon Husted has mused that dividing the electoral vote by congressional district would make the election less messy. In every state, the rationale is the same—it’s just not fair for urbanites to swarm the polls and outvote everybody else. One week after the loss, Rep. Paul Ryan admitted his “surprise” at “some of the turnout, especially in urban areas, which gave President Obama the big margin to win this race.”" Link: http://mobile.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/12/how_the_republican_party_is_planning_to_marginalize_urban_voters_in_the.html