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The main change I would make is to nullify the Electoral College. Other than that, the U.S. Constitution, with its system of checks and balances of 3 separate branches of government is pretty good. The parliamentary system has some advantages, such as more democratic proportional representation, but also some problems. The founders themselves didn't think the Constitution was perfect. They designed this document to be modify-able. Amendments have been added over the years; In 1865 the 13th Amendment was added which outlawed slavery. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was added which gave women the vote.
There is one feature of the Constitution that has never been used: If 2/3 of the states so vote, Congress must hold a Constitutional Convention, to modify the Constitution. So far, that has never happened.
There is one feature of the Constitution that has never been used: If 2/3 of the states so vote, Congress must hold a Constitutional Convention, to modify the Constitution. So far, that has never happened.
Carissimi · 70-79, F
I agree, but in a huge country like the states, the larger states would dictate every single election. Now, if the largest states were held by Republican voters, do you think the Left would want to do away with the EC? Of course not. They’d cry “foul,” that their smaller states had no voice. The Left want change willy nilly to suit whatever works for them in any moment. @helenS
@helenS Americans move freely between the states all the time. Citizens are not somehow attached to any one state. I've lived in four states myself. Voting should be one person - one vote, that's what democracy means in every country that calls itself a democracy. All states should opt to give all their EC votes to the winner of the popular vote.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@badminton Another democrat that has never read the reasoning behind the college, I see
@sunsporter1649 I maintain that the framers erred with the electoral College. In elections each vote should be counted. With the EC, the electors are appointed by the political parties in each state.
Also, it is wishful thinking to assume the electors would be totally objective and unswayed by their own politics, or they could be bribed or otherwise influenced. We should live up to our claims of being a free country and a democracy and put the EC in the past where it belongs.
Also, it is wishful thinking to assume the electors would be totally objective and unswayed by their own politics, or they could be bribed or otherwise influenced. We should live up to our claims of being a free country and a democracy and put the EC in the past where it belongs.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@badminton Elections are much to important to be left to the voters