The electoral system is designed so that a person from EITHER party can be elected President even if they did not win the popular vote.
Here's how it works...
The Electoral College votes the way their state voted in total. In fact, multiple electorates are selected from the state in various areas. This gives each states people the chance to have an equal say in who becomes leader of all 50 states.
Otherwise half of the population would control the other half. Our country is not built on majority rule or half of the population controlling the other half.
It is built on equality and fairness of the states and their people. The President has a great deal of federal power and this is checked by the right of the states, via the Electoral College, to select who will be this person.
The next time you question this method, pick up a F****in history book and education yourself on federalism vs. democracy vs. republics.
2007-10-08 06:42:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Those who complain are only thinking of themselves (you know who they are).
Campaigns would be completely different (Why bother with any state except NY, CA, TX, and FLA?), so it's a whining after the fact.
2007-10-08 06:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by Stereotypemebecauseyouknow 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the current system half of the population controls the entire population. In most states ALL electors in a state vote for the person that got the most votes.
For instance, if the state has 50 electoral votes and the vote was split 51/49% the person that got 51% would get all 50 votes. The people that voted for the 51% candidate are controlling the other half.
The electral college was created because of the time delay when votes were moved by horse back and not electrons. What used to take months can be completed in a manner of days.
In our republic (yes I know the difference) we can change this process. I beleive the farest way would be for each state to report the total number of votes for each candidate. The numbers all get totalled up and the person with the most votes wins (a popular vote if you will). This way everyones vote counts the same.
2007-10-08 06:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the system were done away with, a person's vote would go directly to the candidate that they chose. Now in the last election, if I voted for Bush and live in New York State, my vot edoesn't count because my state's electorate voted for John Kerry. I believe direct election of our representatives would be a better, more inclusive system.
2007-10-08 07:04:40 · answer #3 · answered by theswedishfish710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer comprehend lots of Republicans that are claiming that the electoral college is incorrect... afterall, only as you stated they have enjoyed sweeping electoral victories at the same time as the favored vote replace into close. some Republicans have bitter grapes suitable now and that they are making any excuse for their loss... yet those few do no longer communicate for all Republicans. in case you seem on the polls for Obama i might say that there are multiple Republicans that are pleased with the end results of the final election (they won't have needed Obama yet they have common his presidency and the equipment that allowed his victory).
2016-10-21 11:25:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
education yourself?
So if we don't agree we need to education ourselves?
REAL NICE...
2007-10-08 07:04:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋