2006-10-05 12:30:36 · 10 answers · asked by dvdai14 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
First of all, let me correct a misconception that e-money has which a lot of people share. Each election, each state has TWO electoral colleges, not just one. One for each party. It is the popular election of the state that determines which electoral college will represent that state. So it is not a matter of the electoral college voting for the candidate of their party. It is a matter of the people of the state choosing a particular party.
The reason for the electoral college is to prevent mob-rule. IF the elections were purely by popular vote, then all the decisions for the entire country would be made by the New England states and California. Candidates would never visit the Midwest or the south. Those regions have very real issues and problems that need legislative and executive attention, but would never be addressed because their votes would not count.
The people who whine about the electoral college are generally uninformed, under educated and simply venting their frustrations.
2006-10-05 16:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by sparc77 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For much the same reason that the Supreme Court is not elected, so that they will make the right choice regardless of the will of the people. Electoral Collleges were used by ancient cultures like the visigoths and also the early Christian church.
2006-10-05 13:03:13 · answer #2 · answered by seantherunner 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because when the US Constitution was written 220 years ago, it would have been too hard to accurately count the total popular vote of the loosely confederated nation that was the United States. So instead they set up a United Nations - style government where states, instead of people, vote for the President. By now we are long overdue to change the system and choose presidents by national popular vote.
2006-10-05 12:50:47 · answer #3 · answered by Duffman 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
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2016-10-18 21:32:44 · answer #4 · answered by dampier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bcuz the people rele dont matter...they do the public vote 2 see who they *the people* like more, but in the end its up to the electoral college to decide who they think should be president...do u rele think the electoral college is going to vote the way we want them to? no, of course not, y? cuz they are of a certain party, and they are just going to vote for the person who is in their party...
2006-10-05 12:41:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's some useful info:
http://www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm
click on the 3rd link for a brief history - it also goes into the pros and cons.
2006-10-05 12:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Chuckie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a place like Rhode Island would not be fairly represented next to some place like Texas.
2006-10-05 12:39:18 · answer #7 · answered by moonsister_98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would be a good question for EVERYONE to send to their congressmen and senators. If enough people did, MAYBE they would change this out dated law.
2006-10-05 13:35:28 · answer #8 · answered by NellaNasus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
So the Democrats have something else to cry about.
2006-10-05 12:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the Repuplicans would never win.
2006-10-05 15:24:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋