Why take two years campaigning to the public when in the end the electoral college is the one that end up picking a president?
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freebird · F
The college is supposed to represent the people, so you still have to appeal to the people
Ynotisay · M
@freebird: I think the popular vote represents the people. The Electoral College vote represents States.
FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
@Ynotisay: We are a nation of 50 states, A republic. If we were a pure democracy then whoever gets more votes would win.
Ynotisay · M
@FreeSpirit1: I think we're more of a representative or constitutional Democracy. We're not only a "democracy" just like we're not only a "republic."
And there are elections in which the majority wins on local and state levels.
What I'm speaking to are federal laws being made via disproportionate votes. Senator X from Wyoming has the same voting power as Senator Y from California despite California having about 75 times the population. That's not representative of the "will of the people," which means all the people, under the federal banner.
And there are elections in which the majority wins on local and state levels.
What I'm speaking to are federal laws being made via disproportionate votes. Senator X from Wyoming has the same voting power as Senator Y from California despite California having about 75 times the population. That's not representative of the "will of the people," which means all the people, under the federal banner.