should the electoral college be abolished?

Answer 1

No, if it was, the federal government and politicians would only cater to New York and California. There would be no incentive to help any other part of the nation, because with the population of NY and CA being what they are, any candidate popular in those areas would always win.

Answer 2

Try to keep in mind that this country actually consists of 50 separate states. Each is a govenment unto itself. All agree to federalize meaning they agree to fund a central government to most effeciently do those things (like maintain a military) best handled by a central govenment. Notice the structure of the legislative branch. In the lower house, the number of representatives each state has is based on the size of that states population but each only serves two year terms. In the upper house (senate) each state gets two representatives regardless of the size of the state and each gets 6 year terms which gives much more power to a senator than a congressman however, it is the Speaker of the House that is third in line for the whitehouse. All this was done to balance things out. It prevents something called the tyrany of the majority.

The electoral college system gives all of the many states a greater influence than simple population alone. In reality, the states are electing the president not individual voters. This is how is should be. Your congressman and senator are there to represent your interests and you vote directly for them. The president is there to handle things in the many states interest so the states elect him. The federal government is a Union of States not a State unto itself. If the United States decided not to federalize this part of North America would look like Europe with many independant little countries.

So, your vote does count in that it determines which candidate gets your states' electoral votes. Don't be disheartened if your candidate gets more popular votes but loses due to the electoral college system. Both major parties have been in that position. JFK lost the popular vote to Nixon but won the electoral vote. Would you have had it the other way?

Here is an interesting little example of the tyrany of the majority. You go to a restaurant and have dinner with seven people you work with. When the bill comes the group all decide to vote that you sould pay for everyone. They take a vote and you loose seven to one. In a representative republic like ours, that could not happen. You would have had to agree to the vote before it could have been taken. That is why things die in congressional committees. The committees are there to protect the minority's rights. That is also why on certain important issues you need more than just a simple majority you need 2/3 of the congress to agree. All this is done to protect the minority side of an issue.

The electoral college rules!

Answer 3

Yes, it should. The electoral college was set up 200 years ago by our founding fathers who were educated far above the masses. They felt that the people were not truly fit to select the preseident. Now that almost everyone in the country has at least a high school education, in which it is mandatory to learn about government, the electoral college has no purpose, and is, in fact, insulting!

Answer 4

Yes power to the people!

Answer 5

NO NOT EVER!!!!!!!!!!! It would give all the power to the big guys and totally screw middle Americans.

Answer 6

No, Democrats just say that because they are mad that they lost the last 2 elections.

Answer 7

Yes. I don't want someone else to tell who to vote for. I want that choice.

Answer 8

no.