what about this ? looks amateur but hot <| sep |> Not just a panthers thing . The 96 Jags were also the Cardiac Cats . <| sep |> I didn ' t say it was right or wrong , just that it exists . We ' re a democratic republic and the state is the entity by which we interact at the federal level . What do you mean by recessives ? I ' m more interested in our House being expanded to give better representation to larger states . One could make the argument , I suppose , that the President should be treated as a popular vote because it ' s fundamentally different than any other elected office . As a New Englander , I was surprised by southern states ' citizens having such strong state identities . Perhaps a state vote i . e . The electoral college is still appropriate ? It ' s not so cut and dry .