It's time to end the electoral college. It's total cap that a candidate can get the most votes and still lose.
That's only happened once right? And there were other shady goings-on involved in that case Agree completely though, and get rid of the Senate while we're at it.
As much as people hate it the electoral college is the best way to hold an election. A completely democratic election is a recipe for disaster. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue massive recounts to determine who would succeed? The purpose of the electoral college is to magnify that margin of victory so a clear victor is declared and the country is in no point of instability where the next successor isn't clear. We have always had a peaceful transfer of power, unlike many other countries.
That is not the purpose of the electoral college. The electoral college has been manipulated by our two party system to the point where 80%+ of the voting population is irrelevant in presidential elections. All a president has to do is pander legislation to the swing states to get elected. Case in point: Obamas auto bail out and Bushes (florida) medical prescription plan.
Electoral college was originally put into place to prevent ignorant masses from voting. This was when information traveled slow. It has no place in modern politics. Regardless everyone freaking out about Obama not winning pop. vote; calm down. Not all the votes are in yet.
This x 1000. I don't want the future of the country in the hands of the people of the corn and the near-death.
Even with an Obama win I agree. The electoral college is overly complicated and doesn't end up protecting the voter. It's stupid.
I'm totally in favor of this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact It started 5 years ago but I just heard about this today. As a red state liberal, I would love for my vote for POTUS to actually count for once, even if only matters very, very, very little.
As much as I hate the 2 party system the thing is it is dangerous when you have many candidates without a majority of the vote. Also, the way most states have it, the candidate winning the states gets the electoral votes. I don't like it much either, but do you honestly believe that a popular vote is the way to elect the president?
Given the population growth direction, I don't see why Republicans would want to scream against the Electoral College. I think in most cases, you'd think it would favor Democrats. After all, don't the Republicans usually get more states and their +2 votes? I believe the concept of the Electoral College is fairly outdated given just how much the national govt has grown since the Constitution. But just as the Bill of Rights came about to protect the individual from the majority, I also don't know if we truly want a "majority rules" nation.
It needs to go. Stop disenfranchising millions of American's vote. If it works for EVERY OTHER TYPE OF POLITICAL RACE, it should work for President too.
