Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for November 01, 2020

LOL!

and a snack in order to help you concentrate is important too

Did you turn your clocks backward?

Yes, it’s important to know how it works, but it’s much more important to understand why it exists.

A lot of people want to get rid of it without even understanding it.

I for one still think there is a place for the electoral college in our modern political format. I thinl its original purpose is still valid.

Frank, plagiarizing from Luann is probably a mistake. Maybe you should steal Bernice’s homework.

I don’t get the joke.

It’s nice to see college student Luann actually doing homework but the subject of her essay is — one again — grade school civics stuff. Now if she were writing some major Electoral College controversy this might make sense. And is Frank trying to read what she wrote or is his eyes bugging out for some other reason.

Cal gets it and I think I do too. If you look carefully at the third panel Frank is sneaking a peek at what Luann was typing after opining how important knowing about the electoral college was. I wager that a lot more people know more know given 2016.

Let’s all remember that the last time an election was shown in the strip, Luann couldn’t be bothered to vote and lied to Delta claiming that she had. Also, I don’t know about you but I learned about how the Electoral College works in 8th grade Government class.

Curiously, in “Luann Again” Frank seems to know all about the Electoral College while today he doesn’t. Must be a Senior Moment.

I like the message in today’s strip.

And thank the Framers for their wisdom in instigating it.

Something tells me that today’s comments are going to be entertaining.

Tomorrow, Frank gets his ballot ready and writes Pat Paulsen in for president.

Short answer: it doesn’t.

Any problems it remedied were solved by the Civil War. Twice in recent memory, it gave the presidency to the guy who came in second. It needs to go.

We have a system for choosing the president / vice-president where it is mathematically possible for a candidate to receive less than 28% of the popular vote and still win the Electoral College balloting.

GnK trying to make a political statement without trying to appear political…

Yeah, last night I had to look it up to Ser how many votes my state had… 10.

What troubles me is that all electors have to vote for the majority candidate in our state. It is more representative when electors voted in proportion to the number of votes received. If Smith gets 30% of votes, she should get 30% of the state’s electors.

I like to read comics because usually there is not political arguments. Tue can’t come soon enough but even after that the fighting will continue :(

It doesn’t work. At least not as intended.

I don’t get this comic today

BRAVO FRANK! It’s never too late to learn ♡!

Interesting. A kind of political statement just days before the National Election.

I would have thought that this Sunday’s Strip would have been an “after action” Halloween report, featuring Shannon complained about not getting the type of candy she really, really, wanted. (THANK You Greg and Karen!)

Couple of points here:

1) Once again We witness the young adults referring to college, but (so far) not being shown actually IN college. “COVID Protocol?” Since there HAS been “socializing” going on between characters that don’t live together in the Strip, the choice of not depicting a college setting is a bit odd.

2) Funny thing about the Electoral College. Everybody HATES it until it favors Their “Presidential Candidate.” So is it “democracy” or “hypocrisy” in action?

3) Luann SHOULD write paper about: How come, ever since Ross Perot, third parties been shut out of Presidential debates, and all but IGNORED by the media? (Answer THAT, Gayle King)

Popping popcorn, eating leftover Halloween candy, sipping COFFEE and waiting for the incoming FLAK. ;)

Well apparently other people understand the point of the comic, but I’m clueless. What’s the joke?

checks and balances…it is too bad ‘we the people’ write too many checks and debit our balances, morally, politically, and spiritually.

Pointless post 2022. We’re steaming full speed toward national insolvency. Wait for the effects of the second lock down to hit. At 170% debt to GDP the game is up.

Hardly a college level research paper.

Schoolhouse Rock said it was considered fair and square! Fair and square my great grandma’s behind.

Next, write a paper on how the Constitution works…when it’s followed.

Nothing wrong with a can of pop, Pop! —Though bottles are better. Right? Write, Luann!

Of all the comments here, I am most in agreement about the tragedy of the 2000 election. I think about how different things would be if Gore had become president. I will NEVER forgive Sandra Day O’Connor, who had a chance to be above politics and chose not to.

Wow. I’m impressed with the character of Luann readers. I read all the comments and replies and no one was vitriolic or hateful and the presidents name was only mentioned a few times. I’m proud to be in this group.

It seems like in this day and age we have the capability to count the popular vote if elections were conducted online.

Monday: Bernice “elects” to jump on the Jack bandwagon!

I turned my clocks backward but now I can’t see what time it is.;-]

This comic makes absolutely no sense.

If not for the Electoral College, elections would be decided by NYC and California.

Just do it the way Canada does. You vote for the party you prefer. The party with the most candidates elected has their party leader become the Prime Minister (President). If the other two parties have more MPs (Members of Parliament) combined than the ruling party, it is a minority government and can be toppled if the combined parties total votes exceed the ruling party. Tends to keep the parties honest. Or as close to honest as possible.Your system is completely corrupt. Just like your current Supreme Court. Trump has them in his back pocket.

That would a disaster for the less populated states. No fair represtation.

It means that “The owners of the country should be the ones who run the country”. It’s as simple as that. (James Madison? said that?)

Point taken! Will learn do my research today.

Another “gift” from the Founding Fathers to ensure there was a check on the common citizen. How well did that work out when a clown such as Trump gets elected?

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED TO MATCH THE VOTER PERCENTAGES IN EACH STATE. THEN IT WOULD MORE LIKELY FOLLOW THE POPULAR VOTE, AND THE RESULTS OF ANY ELECTION BE A LOT MORE HONEST. THIS NEEDS TO BE A NATIONAL POLICY

Last panel aside, this was a nice break from the stuff with Bernice.

The most important thing is that America NOT be a socialist country.

a lot of us DO know how it works and when it started …and why it started…and it needs to go.

For an excellent explanation of the Electoral College, please consider The Indispensable Electoral College by Tara Ross. One of the best books I have read on the subject. As James Madison said, the Electoral College may not be perfect, but it is excellent.

I am beginning to wonder about our college educational system. Two of LuAnns last assignments sound like they should have been in Jr High. Write about what you learned today and now a research paper on the electoral college. Its been a good number of years since I was in college but I can’t recall having “homework” similar to that at all.

“POLITICS” : from the Latin “poly” = many, and “tics” = bloodsuckers

Luann you were taught as a Freshman in Civics class in High School how the Electoral College works. To put simple, If we did not have the Electoral College you would not have the candidates going to the Midwestern and Central states.

SPOILER ALERT: It doesn’t.

We sure did dodge a bullet with Killary’s defeat.

Surprised no one noted that in the case of a non-majority in the electoral college, the House of Reps selects president, with one vote per state! Kind of gives weight to the relevance of the electoral college.

Voting by any other name is still Russian roulette.

OH, I finally get it.

I trust the Founders more than I trust anyone today.

The Electoral College is this. If one State has 10 congressmen and 2 Senators that State has 12 electors.

Luann is enrolled in remedial classes. That"s why she has jr high assignments.

Reading over her shoulder there, Dad?

Actually it doesn’t. Minorities party voters in big states are shut out and the low population states are ignored because they are in the bag.

I know it’s late and nobody will probably read this but a few points:

The Green New Deal is trying to fix the environment without destroying the economy. And it’s’ not one bill but a bunch of ideas that will be individually voted on,

Bird Kills at windmills apparently can be greatly reduced by painting just one blade of the mill black. That seems to be enough to warn the birds away.

Bird kills at solar power plants? That must mean as solar heat concentraters. Yeah, those do seem dangerous but most solar energy some from solar electric panels which to my knowledge are bird friendly

For every job lost to coal and oil jobs are being created for wind and solar.

Old electric car batteries were, at one time proposed to be used for base storage at electric generating plants. Over time those batteries refuse to take a full charge and would be replaced at something like 75% capacity. Too weak for cars but just fine for load leveling work on the grid.

And considering the size of car batteries there would be economic sense to dismantle old batteries, reclaim the lithium and cobalt, etc, and make new batteries.

So the future is managable

So, I’ve read many of the comments here, and have learned a lot about opinions on the electoral college, but frankly, I’m still confused about today’s strip?

Is Frank peeking because he doesn’t know what electoral college is or is he checking whether his daughter understands it?