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| Banned ![]() | Post; Bill considers role if Hillary becomes presidentQuote:
lucky "one person, one vote" doesn't count when electing an american president... i have never really understood how the electoral college voting system works, and why it exists at all | |
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| No Chance Outside | It's because of the will of the states with smaller populations. In other words, states with small populations may forever have their voices not heard if the voting system was absolutely direct and electoral college not in place. At least, technically.
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Inferno; in a nutshell Each state is assigned a certain number of electoral votes based on its population density. For Example since California had the most number of people it has 59 electoral votes. Hawaii and Alaska have only 2 because hardly anyone lives there. To be president you must have 270 electoral votes. Its a winner-takes-all-contest. So if Hillary wins California in 2008 Presidential race she takes ALL 59 electoral votes with her. Thats precisely how we got stuck with Bush in 2000. Because he "won" (under debious circumstances) in Florida by 150 votes, he took ALL the electoral votes, Despite the fact that half the people in Florida voted for Gore. Thats why I think the electoral college system should be abandoned. 13 Redneck Actually it had to do with the fact that the Founding Fathers wanted a more aritocratic membership in politics. The idea of the common man directly choosing the President was deemed vulgar at the time. The USA is the only country that keeps this system every other country has chosen the parlimentarian system.
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| Milforum Moderator ![]() | Yeah he knows who would be boss if she was elected. Because it wouldn't be any different than his terms in office,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,she'd still be in charge. ![]()
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | I think the electoral college should've been thrown out a long time ago. How un-American to say that certain peoples' votes don't count because they live in an area that will vote predominantly red or blue!
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yeah this is my thinking on it, seems to needlessly complicatethe voting process....is there a historical reason why a straight popular vote isn't used for the presidential elections? | |
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| Chief Engineer ![]() | Bill Clinton had his 8 years. We don't need another Clinton term, Hillary or Bill.
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| Banned ![]() | could say the same of bush jnr? Last edited by Infern0; October 11th, 2007 at 22:31. |
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Quote:
TomTom I agree in theory (and I liked Bill Clinton) however its the people that should decide. If they want a return to the Clinton era, so be it. Last edited by mmarsh; October 11th, 2007 at 22:20. | |
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