{"id":2217,"date":"2017-12-10T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T22:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2017-12-10T15:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T22:52:50","slug":"a-presidential-tour-of-campaign-stops-around-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/traveltattler\/golf\/courses-and-travel\/2217\/a-presidential-tour-of-campaign-stops-around-the-country","title":{"rendered":"A Presidential Tour of Campaign Stops Around the Country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Big Island love: Four Seasons Hualalai is reportedly a favorite of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
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There is growing talk, if not a groundswell, for conducting American Presidential elections by a national popular vote count instead of by awarding varying number of electoral votes assigned to each individual state. The current campaign strategy to target only \u201cbattleground states\u201d has left much of America in the cheap seats in terms of candidate appearances. While Richard Nixon fulfilled his pledge in 1960 to campaign in all 50 states, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in 2012 campaigned in only 12 because the others were considered \u201cunwinnable\u201d by either party or offered too few \u201celectoral votes.\u201d An election determined by total votes instead would mean every vote cast everywhere would count \u2013 making every state, even the \u201cflyovers,\u201d in play. Candidates would happily once again get to make festive summer and autumn appearances in some of these currently ignored but nevertheless great locations still popular with tourists. If I were campaigning, here are the \u201cred and blue states\u201d I would make selfish stops in:<\/p>\n