DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE PROS/CONS OF POPULAR VOTE?
2006-09-05 04:19:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
pros:
people get exactly what they want, no representatives to get in their way.
cons:
mob rule. people are emotional and misinformed much of the time and make very bad decisions as a group.
only an extremely well educated and extemely moral society could vote for the greater good instead of their own selfish interests.
2006-09-05 04:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by Aegis of Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
for the main area the popular vote and the electoral college frequently end with the comparable consequences. that replaced into no longer the case in 2000 although. al gore gained the popular vote yet no longer the electoral college. if we went with the popular vote a countrywide recount might have had to happen. i do no longer see any execs to the popular vote over the electoral college, specifically because of the fact with a favored vote you could wipe out a good number of the country. you would be waiting to win an election by way of traveling each and each coast and forgetting all human beings else. in essence make grants to manhattan new England and California and additionally you win with the remainder of the country gazing.
2016-12-14 18:38:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pros are that it will be a repr3esentative government. The cons are that popular votes do not win elections...
2006-09-05 04:20:47 · answer #3 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pros- everyone who wants to be heard can be
Cons- popular vote produced a win for Hamas
2006-09-05 05:23:44 · answer #4 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because what is right and what is popular are many times two seperate things
2006-09-05 04:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by Jez 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One con is I don't want NY, SF, and LA telling us who our Pres. is going to be. All them nasty cities can keep their crime and killing in their own yard.
2006-09-05 04:35:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
duh....
2006-09-05 04:24:28 · answer #7 · answered by kenth_35 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋