2006-09-11 08:37:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Pro: makes it easier to hold elections with little technology. When there are no cars or computers, each area can vote together, then send the results with a person hired to go place the vote for the area they represent.
Cons: Makes democracy flimsy and easy to corrupt with scams like re-districting for political purposes. Is not Democracy. It is inaccurate. It is unneccesary in this day and age, because of technology.
2006-09-11 08:41:52 · answer #1 · answered by corwynwulfhund 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no pros, the whole "protect the rights of smaller states" is pure bs. Please explain how it could possible help Rhode Island or Montana if all the campaign money goes to Ohio or Florida. How many times did either candidate visit these smaller states in the past 5 elections?
Other cons, it divides the nation. The whole idea of red state vs blue state is unbelievable. Millions of people in "Red States" voted for Kerry, and like wise millions in the "Blue states" voted for Bush. Our country is not a nation of two extremes, the Electoral College system allows the politicians to polarize things more so they can keep getting elected, so that they keep getting doantions and kick backs etc.
It is an arcane system from a time when the framers of the constitution deemed the public too stupid to elect thier sentators (check the constitution at first we the people did not elect them) and way to irresponsible to elect thier leader. Remember as it currently is, we do not vote for a president we technically are voting for an electoral college member. How stupid do they think we are?!?!!?
2006-09-11 09:39:51 · answer #2 · answered by Steven K 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The electoral college is stupid and should be eliminated. Electors could theoretically break their oaths and vote for the non-winning candidate. Electoral college leads to the 2000 election, where the person with less than the majority popular vote becomes President. I guess you could say the Electoral College is single handedly responsible for the Bush Presidency.
2006-09-11 08:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by The Man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I basically might want to repeat something I suggested in yet another submit. if you are making the perfect type of delegates, that's a huge state has a higher type of delegates than a small state (which they do, yet no longer in strict sufficient share), and also you do not have winner take all, then a delegate device (except for mistakes in arising with the right type of delegates in each state), is fantastically a lot an analogous as election with the help of common vote. This assumes that could assign the type of delegates at will (truly of by the proportions of congress). that's largely once you decrease the type of delegates or change their share erratically, that you want great or small states. therefore, the prejudice for small states. yet when the nationwide committees basically gave great states more desirable delegates, they could fix that concern (specially).
2016-11-26 01:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by crooker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cons
Even if the candidate gets 50.0001% of the popluar vote in a particular state, they get 100% of the electoral votes.
Therefore: a candidate can win with about 35% of the popular vote
2006-09-11 08:43:32 · answer #5 · answered by BigD 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pros -- the rights of smaller states are effectively protected
Cons -- potential for electors to alter a close race; varied value of the vote state to state; victory with victory in the popular vote; potential for neglect of non-pivotal states.
2006-09-11 08:46:44 · answer #6 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pro: If a politician needs your state to help him win, he might promise to do something for the whole state.
2006-09-11 09:07:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
con: even if the guy gets more votes overall, he can still lose
2006-09-11 08:39:31 · answer #8 · answered by Lg 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
and tell me what seems right about this process????????????????
2006-09-11 08:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by sawyer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋