is this democracy
2007-10-03 04:26:11 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
so is there truth to the saying my vote doesnt count
2007-10-03 04:35:03 · update #1
Electoral college. It is democracy. If it was based on popular vote alone, then everyone would cater to California and NY, that's where all the people are. The rest of the country would get ignored, is THAT democracy? If you examine your voting rights, you would see that you do NOT have a right to vote for president. When you vote for president, you are actually voting for a group of electorates that cast a vote for president on your behalf. This is what the law says.
2007-10-03 04:32:45 · answer #1 · answered by Pfo 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
1. This is *NOT* a Democracy.... it is a Constitutional Republic
2. *ANYONE* that has even the smallest knowledge of the Constitution knows about the Electoral Collage and how it works
3. Your vote still counts in that you have a say in who your state's electoral votes are will be given to.
4. As an addendum: the Electoral Collage does what it was designed to do... Keep a few high population areas from deciding who will be President. If the vote was decided by a simple majority... the candidates would campaign in NY, LA, Chicago and a few other high population areas and totally ignore the rest of the country..... THEN your vote would truly not count.
2007-10-03 05:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the way our democracy works. The electoral college is designed so that the overpopulated states don't automatically determine every election. In effect, it allows smaller states to count and not be overrun by larger states. As a result, it is possible to win the popular vote while still losing the election. No, it's not "stealing" an election, no matter how much you want it to be so. It's just a rare occasion that happened recently and likely won't happen again for some time.
2007-10-03 04:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by Thegustaffa 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Elctoral College which prevents Michigan effect from occuring on the national level. If you don't know what I men that occurs when 1 heavily populated area dictates what the other 40% will do. If you went to purely popular voting scheme small states, that mostly vote republican, will be worthless and the two coasts will decide every election. The electoral college should be tweaked so that the races are for congressional districts not entire states that way the red state blue state appearence of most of America's states will be reveaeled as the patchwork of red and blue conressional districts that it already is.
And...
No its a representative federal republic.
2007-10-03 05:19:45 · answer #4 · answered by 29 characters to work with...... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because the states were given a voice in national politics. Each state has a number of electors (number of senators + number of congressmen) and they actually elect the president. When you go to the polls, you are actually voting for electors, not candidates.
This is why small states like New Mexico can be more important in elections than you might think; in the past few presidential elections, even five votes in the electoral college have been very important.
And to answer your second question, no, it isn't democracy. It's a republic.
2007-10-03 04:30:45 · answer #5 · answered by marvymom 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 03:44:56 · answer #6 · answered by scasso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, I would advise a civics course because the United States of America is not a democracy, we are a democratic republic and there is a huge difference.
Secondly, it is called the Electoral College.
2007-10-03 04:30:49 · answer #7 · answered by Alan C 3 · 8⤊ 0⤋
the same way you can have more yards in a football game, but lose the game. Please read about the Electoral college. In each state it does not matter if you get 99% of the vote or 51% it is the same. You need 270 to become pres, each state based on their representatives get so many electoral college votes.
2007-10-03 04:30:30 · answer #8 · answered by leo 6 · 9⤊ 0⤋
We live in a democratic republic not a pure democracy. The electoral college chooses the president; stay in school!
2007-10-03 04:40:40 · answer #9 · answered by Homeless in Phoenix 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I figured it's because the popular vote is more like a measurement of "fanatical" voters. The ones that are more fanatical will most likely participate in the popular vote. While the ones that are undecided and quiet will most likely not participate in the popular vote at all. Which makes the "popular" vote pretty much useless. IMO
2007-10-03 04:32:24 · answer #10 · answered by mishmallow8 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋