I think electorial votes are out dated. The reason we adopted them long ago no longer exsist. I think the person with the most popular votes should win, that way our votes REALLY count. What are your thoughts on this?
2006-11-29 06:01:06 · 9 answers · asked by DolfinSong 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
We should get rid of them. The reasons to get rid of them, i.e., the chance of the person who won the popular vote not winning the electoral vote, outweigh any reason to keep them.
2006-11-29 06:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Stefanie2_9 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-27 21:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we should keep the electoral college but change the way they are allocated. Why should one person get all of a states electoral college votes when they didn't get all the popular votes. Let's make it proportional?
Who knows it could cause the formation of a third or even fourth major party. That would really make things interesting. Imagine no one party having enough members to control either house of Congress. Talk about having to form a concensus on things?
2006-11-29 06:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by namsaev 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By all means get rid of electoral way of choosing a president. I was i politics many years and found it harder and harder to convince young people to register and vote just because I could not explain how ultimately their one vote could make a difference.
Last election was really a good example as Gore got more of the people's votes but Bush won by electoral college.
2006-11-29 14:02:03 · answer #4 · answered by vaulene2000 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you believe the reason the Electoral College was established is out dated, I don't believe you understand the reason it was established. One of the reasons was to make sure smaller states had a say is Presidential Elections. In a pure popular vote system, the 10 largest states would elect the President and the rest of us would be ignored.
2006-11-29 12:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Abolish the Electoral College!
2006-11-29 14:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep the Electorial College.
2006-11-29 06:51:51 · answer #7 · answered by adam 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I say keep them. I don't want every president elected by the coast-flakes in NY and Californication.
2006-11-29 06:24:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
GET RID OF THEM...
2006-11-29 06:14:27 · answer #9 · answered by Art 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋