Does my vote really count since we have the electoral college that is willing to take bribes?

Answer 1

Can you provide info to back up your claim?

Answer 2

What is your evidence that the electoral college takes bribes?

The electoral college voters (the electors) have their votes initially decided based on the voting results in your state, as determined by state law.

It is trivial to check the state election results, check the votes of the electors, and then look up the state law to see if the electors cast their votes as required by the statutes.

So, how exactly do you think they would get away with being bribed -- it's not like they can hide how they vote.... and they're not the ones who count the state election results.

That being said, because of the all-or-nothing allocation of electoral votes that most states use, if you don't vote for one of the two dominant political candidates -- the ones likely to be able to reach a popular majority in that state -- then no your vote does not count. Because a 51% win is the same as a 90% win as far as electoral college allocations are concerned.

Answer 3

Look here sweetheart, the electoral college doesnt take bribes...if they did then George Bush would not be President. I happen to think that he has been a great leader and he has really been treated unfairly by the media (who I think are WAY out of line most of the time) When you think of great Presidents, and you look back, their approval ratings were alot lower than our current President!! Time is gonna tell how good a job he has done, I dont care what the liberal little punks on Yahoo say!! Second, it is your duty to go and vote...people have died to make sure that you can vote, so you owe it at least to all the soldiers, present and past...

Answer 4

yes your vote really counts, but i doubt the electoral college is taking bribes. it is simply a safeguard instituted to prevent election advantages that would otherwise be provided by straight ballot counts. For instance, without the electoral college, we could have 50 candidates for President, one from each state, and the state with the most population would win every election. I wouldn't give up on the electoral college so quickly, and in fact, if you found a brief "cliff notes" description of the creation and function of the electoral college, perhaps your viewpoint would change somewhat.

Answer 5

Might as well get two free points for answering a nonsensical question.

The electors are nominated by their respective political parties. They tend to be committed and dedicated members of the party. They are elected to vote for a particular candidate -- namely their party's nominee. As noted by other answerers, over 99.9% of electors since 1836 (the birth of modern political parties in this country) have voted for the person that they were pledged to vote for when they ran.

If there is any shady business going on in the election system, it is in the election of electors not in the actual vote by the electors. If there is any bribing going on, it must be the easiest bribe in the business -- pay me to do what I was going to do anyhow.

Next time, do some actual research on election results and state law before asking such a question.

Answer 6

Although there is corruption on every level of government, voting is one of the few things you actually can do to make a difference. Although the electoral college doesn't HAVE to vote with the popular vote, they usually do. You can also campaign for a candidate that you really believe in. The simple fact is this, "evil prevails when good men do nothing." So, you have to decide if you are going to do everything you can to keep our nation from going down the toilet or if you are just going to throw up your hands and give up. I believe that there are more good people than bad. Unfortunately, they are lazy and the bad people get away with a lot because of that. Don't throw in the towel. Voting is the least you can do.

Answer 7

sophia,

In reality one vote doesn't count for much. The problem is that if 10,000,000 people didn't vote for that reason, then it would make a big difference.

So, your vote counts because it is part of the larger picture. Besides, they tell me that if I don't vote I shouldn't complain about what happens. If you want to have an opinion, it's probably a good idea to vote. We all know that generally we're just getting the lesser of two evils.

Answer 8

Au contraire! Your vote ABSOLUTELY counts and since when does the electoral college take bribes? In fact, the electoral college has become obsolete and they would not dare defy the will of the people since all that informations is publicly available. I assume that soon enough the electoral college will cease to exist. Please vote. It really does matter.

Answer 9

This is how the electoral college works:

http://www.fairvote.org/e_college/today.htm

I cannot recall any of those electors switching sides in recent elections..

Answer 10

Actually....it doesn't matter how many people vote to be honest with. No matter who has the most votes, elecotral college has the last say. They'll choose who they want, and even like you said..take brives. They've done it before, no question they'll do it again.

so...i don't see the point of voting ^_^

Answer 11

"...only 10 of the 21,358 electoral votes cast for president since 1789 were cast by unfaithful electors, and since none of these 10 votes influenced the outcome of the election..."