I'm referring (with a not well informed point of view) to the Electoral College.
2007-11-07 05:27:39 · 15 answers · asked by Arthur 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Sorry if I put the wrong year.
2007-11-07 06:25:27 · update #1
My candidate won. I will vote. I support the Electoral College.
2007-11-07 05:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by regerugged 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
You should always vote. If you fail to vote don't complain about what you get after election day. Before you vote, however, you should educate yourself on who is running for what and what their stance is. Don't pull a lever because it either has a D or an R beside it, vote for the person who's name is on the ballot and what they stand for. Remember, those line offices on municipal and county levels are often where the people who end up being judged by the Electoral College start. Look at them at the beginning of their political career, vote to keep them honest, then maybe we won't have the chaos that we often end up with in DC.
2007-11-07 14:35:42 · answer #2 · answered by momatad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to do more than just vote. You need to do research. Know who's running. And then tell everyone you know who the best person is to run this country.
The problem is government is running this country when the people should be running this country. To many political races are determined by the Media and the Wealthy.
Find ways to make your voice heard.
Show big government that the people are taking back there country.
2007-11-07 14:05:06 · answer #3 · answered by ducktown10 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean the 2000 Presidential election when Bush won the Electoral College and gore won the Majority?
Fear not, Bush cannot run again and Hillary has a vague answer for everyone.
I must say though, if you don't vote...you don't get to complain.
2007-11-07 13:30:45 · answer #4 · answered by Colonel 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Most Americans don't understand the Electoral College system. I've read a lot about it and still find it confusing. For the most part, from what I understand about it, it's an outdated system and needs to be done away with.
Not every vote counts with this system like they would like you to believe. Every vote only counts if the winner were chosen on the popular vote.
2007-11-07 13:38:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
While the college is part of the process the process itself grants to you a right to vote. Look at the right itself...to vote....how hard it was to obtain that right and how hard it has been to keep the right and what we as Americans have paid for the privilege of keeping that right.
Your vote it is the only real expression that you have in the upcoming election. Failure to do so only disenfranchises yourself.
2007-11-07 13:34:11 · answer #6 · answered by malter 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You should always vote. No matter how disgusting the system has gotten. If people continue to not vote, we will get what we deserve.
2007-11-07 13:39:29 · answer #7 · answered by billblasphemy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Vote out of respect for the men and women who lost their lives, through wars and protest movements, so that ALL men and women can vote.
2007-11-07 13:33:27 · answer #8 · answered by Frogleena 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's like breaking up with your first love. At first you feel like the world will end and that love is a lost cause................but then you end up getting right back on the saddle, so to speak. We can't let that beat us down, we have to try again.
2007-11-07 13:31:47 · answer #9 · answered by fiofunk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Maybe your vote will count this time.
2007-11-07 13:30:46 · answer #10 · answered by Susas 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋