isnt it undemocratic?
2006-08-13 12:24:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
We're not a democracy, we're a republic with democratic tendencies. Yes, in order to be a true republic or democracy, we would need to remove the electoral college. I don't see why people even vote or why there are recounts if it doesn't matter what the majority of Americans want. As a republic we elect people to represent us, a president, senators, etc. There is no reason to hold an election if the college vote is all that counts, and as we've seen in the last 12 or so years, even when the majority votes for one, the college picks a different one, and none of our votes count.
I never again want to hear anyone ask me if I vote when I talk about how wrong our government is, at least not until the college is removed.
As it stands, the college can be corrupted, it doesn't even vote in the manner that the population in their own states vote, the college goes against it's own states majority votes and picks someone else. It's a bad idea for the populations desires to be 'interpreted' by a college who then decides to go against the populations expressed interest. Look at the way the college has voted, they continue to vote contrary to the population of the states they represent.
I doubt removing the college would lead to a dictatorship, and America will never be a true democracy.
Remember, in a true democracy, if there's 3 straight men and 1 woman, she's screwed because she's not the majority vote.
2006-08-13 12:29:49 · answer #1 · answered by Demosthenes&Locke 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I'm in favor of abolishing the college, but that still wouldn't make us a "democracy" on the federal level. It only means that each President would be elected by a straight popular vote like the governor of each state is.
The only thing that's wrong with the present system is that it is possible for a person to win the popular vote but lose the electoral college and thus seem to be incrementally less legitimate than a President who had won both. And of course, that is exactly what we've seen in the recent past. (The fact that the Supreme Dictators interfered with the outcome of the counting of ballots made the whole thing even worse.)
2006-08-13 19:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No it is not undemocratic. The heavy populated areas on the east and west coast would be dictating to the whole nation. The electoral college ensures that every states votes count. For example your candidate is popular in your state, if they win the popular vote in your state then the electoral votes go towards your candidate. This way even though the middle of the nation hasn't the population of the east and west coast, it still gets representation. Took me a long time to understand it, but it makes total sense to me know.
2006-08-13 19:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Electoral College is to prevent New York, Houston, Chicago and California from winning the Presidency. It would be a shame for one
state and three cities to elect the President.
When Al Gore could not win his home state of Tennessee, he lost the Presidency. All of America could see the tragic mistake Gore did
in concentrating his efforts on Florida, Bush's brother's state and neglecting his home folk of Tennessee.
2006-08-13 19:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it prevents large population areas from commandeering the government for their own purposes.
If you take California, Texas, New York and throw in a few other states then they could outvote the rest of the population in this country. This would mean that the presidential candidates could cater to the demands of these few states and throw the rest of the states to the wolves.
2006-08-13 19:31:10 · answer #5 · answered by Albannach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we are not a direct democracy. Nor do we want to be. The system prescribed by our Constitution is nothing short of brilliant and is vital to protecting us from the tyranny of the majority.
2006-08-13 19:31:23 · answer #6 · answered by dizneeland 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but America is not a true democracy, it never has been, it's a federal republic.
2006-08-13 20:30:18 · answer #7 · answered by RATM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! how can you be a democracy when someone can win 10 states by one vote & lose another by a million votes and be declared the winner in an electoral landslide?
2006-08-13 19:30:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Nobody ever said that it is a pure democracy! It is a democracy by "representation". Thats what it always has been.
2006-08-13 19:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by Rich H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we do, yes it is, and it is clear that America is not a democracy in the strict sense.
2006-08-13 19:29:51 · answer #10 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋