Or at least electoral college votes that are based off the actual results than winner take all.yellow m&m wrote: I agree with Nanti. Even if there are a few Mormon democrats, they won't affect much in Utah.
But I do like changing the system. I know that the electoral collage has been very useful, but I wonder if there is a way to do a popular vote, 100%. A purer democracy, perhaps.
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But remember the other main reason for the electoral college was to avoid a pure democracy. The founding fathers were mistrustful of the masses having total control, just as each branch of the national government has checks, the electoral college was set in place as a check against misuse by the masses. Before we can effectively argue for removing it, we must establish that all of it's purposes have been fulfilled.
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So basically to serve as a buffer in case the masses go crazy and want to vote in some weird way?Tao wrote:But remember the other main reason for the electoral college was to avoid a pure democracy. The founding fathers were mistrustful of the masses having total control, just as each branch of the national government has checks, the electoral college was set in place as a check against misuse by the masses. Before we can effectively argue for removing it, we must establish that all of it's purposes have been fulfilled.
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FYI... America is not a democracy... it's a republic.yellow m&m wrote:I agree with Nanti. Even if there are a few Mormon democrats, they won't affect much in Utah.Nanti-SARRMM wrote:Against how many republicans? With a winner take all electoral system?sqrt(-1) wrote:Oh come on! I know a couple Mormon democrats! LOL!
But I do like changing the system. I know that the electoral collage has been very useful, but I wonder if there is a way to do a popular vote, 100%. A purer democracy, perhaps.
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Technically it's a consitutional federal republic (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)bobtheenchantedone wrote:Isn't it a democratic republic?
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Who needs technicalities? Can't we just keep it simple?orb360 wrote:Technically it's a consitutional federal republic (via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States)bobtheenchantedone wrote:Isn't it a democratic republic?
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This is the United States, where nothing is simple, especially the elections. We pride ourselves on that. In the words of Colbert; "This election's not over until the supreme court says it is!"xkcd *** wrote: Who needs technicalities? Can't we just keep it simple?
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Yeah, that's it exactly. In the last two elections, the popular vote for each major candidate was around 60 million. Say Hollywood teams up with Coke to endorse the latest TV Star as the next president. Sadly, it wouldn't be too hard to picture a scenario where the popular vote calls for putting in a less-than-competent Commander in Chief. (the American Idol voting tally was over 30 million for each of the last two contestants, meaning more people voted for an American Idol than voted for Bush or Kerry.)Nanti-SARRMM wrote:So basically to serve as a buffer in case the masses go crazy and want to vote in some weird way?Tao wrote:But remember the other main reason for the electoral college was to avoid a pure democracy. The founding fathers were mistrustful of the masses having total control, just as each branch of the national government has checks, the electoral college was set in place as a check against misuse by the masses. Before we can effectively argue for removing it, we must establish that all of it's purposes have been fulfilled.
Also the electoral voting system helps elections to have a majority. The Constitution has it so if one candidate doesn't get over 50% of the votes, the House of Representatives decides on who the President will be. (Some argue that the founding fathers intended this to be a check against rule by the masses as well.)
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I made an electoral collage the other day with newspaper clippings!Fredjikrang wrote:But do you really think that the American people would accept intervention by the electoral collage?
lol... but on topic... Sure they would, they do all the time.
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