Isn't that the real majority?
2007-02-22 23:13:29 · 3 answers · asked by Enigma 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I thought the people voted the president in. What is the purpose of going out to vote, if some type of majority system gets the last say? You have people talking about how the Electoral College is there for the states with smaller populations, and so on. But, what ever happened to one person one vote? The Government is supposed to be of the people, by the people, and for the people. So why doesn't every persons vote count?
2007-02-23 03:40:37 · answer #1 · answered by Dragonman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The framer's of the constitution realized the falicy of the suggestion which would allow larger populated states, i.e. New York and California, to have a strangle hold on elections. Even under the Electoral College system, smaller states receive very little representation. It has been this way since the first election of G. Washington in 1789.
Further, counting EVERY vote to determine a winner may take months, similar to problems with elections in Mexico and South America.
The EC system does reflect the sentiments of the people. The EC votes are cast according to the majority individual votes in each state.
Remember, too..... as hard as it is for many to swallow..... the U.S. is NOT a democracy; it is a REPUBLIC, or REPRESENTATIVE government.
2007-02-23 07:38:51 · answer #2 · answered by merlins_new_apprentice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How 'bout a hybridization of the current method: The electoral votes per state gets divided according to the popular votes. For example,
Pennsylvania has 21 Elect. Votes. If candidate A get 50% of the popular vote, and candidate B gets 50% of the popular vote, then
each candidate would get 10.5 Electoral votes.
I think that this would be more fair than the all-or-none method that is currently used.
2007-02-23 09:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋