What do you think? Why?
2006-12-05 11:32:24 · 9 answers · asked by Taco Dog 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No, becasuse if it was the US presidency would at the mercy of 5 states. The Founders put the lectoral college in place to protect smaller staes from having their popular votes rendered meaningless. They saw the tyranny of the majority as a great threat to democracy and did their best to build protection for minority rights into our system of electing a president. The lectoral college was the system they used to protect those less populated states and allow them to have a say in the election of our national leader.
2006-12-05 11:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by mayham1983 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The electoral college ensures that the entire country is represented by the head of state, in our case the president. Without it, those running for the office could just ignore Wyoming and North Dakota and Oklahoma because they would have no need for their votes as long as they had California and New York. We've removed our mindset so far from our early history when states mattered, but the concept is that the STATE of Wyoming deserves a certain amount of power in deciding the presidency based on the fact that the people of the state have certain interests. And this form of government still exists. The electoral college spreads power and ensures all of the country is represented. For example, in the close election of 2000, Bush won by just about 500 votes in Florida and actually lost the overall popular vote, BUT, 68% of the counties in the US voted for Bush. That is, if you looked at a map of the US and colored it in RED for Bush and BLUE for Gore, by county, almost 70% of the landmass of the US went for Bush. This is exactly what the founders intended, they didn't care about the popular vote, they wanted the President to be the choice of the broad range of people not just a simple majority.
And by the way, there's absolutely no use in even talking about doing away with it, because it would require a Constitutional Amendment, which the small states of the Union would never approve. The electoral college will NEVER go away.
2006-12-05 11:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by The Scorpion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think it should be abolished. Our politicians are voted into office by the majority (popular) vote. An election should be based only on that. Things would probably have been very different if the electoral college had not been in effect during the Bush/Gore presidential election. I'm not saying that it would be better or worse, just different.
2006-12-05 11:38:08 · answer #3 · answered by i have no idea 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it should be abolished. It was created for the nation at a time when the technology was quite primitive compared to what we have now.
There is no reason to elect the President in a manner differently than the way the Governor in each state is elected.
2006-12-05 11:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should have been quite some time ago, it was set up before the days of mass communication , its the only way Bush got into office in 2000! Its a slap in the face of the American people
2006-12-05 11:38:38 · answer #5 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because the president isn't elected by popular vote.
Look what happened with Gore in 2000!
2006-12-05 11:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because it does not reflect the will of the people just that of big business with the money necessary to win the election
2006-12-05 16:38:28 · answer #7 · answered by billc4u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely -
It no longer accurately reflects the popular vote.
2006-12-05 11:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by Robert C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES BECAUSE THE CANDIDATE THAT GETS THE MOST VOTES COULD LOSE. THAT IS B.S.!!
2006-12-05 11:42:31 · answer #9 · answered by BUSH SMOKING POT 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋