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Its also nice that a couple of dense population centers do not get to hold the other 90% of the country hostage with whatever coyote acme scheme they come up with.
Its also nice that a couple of dense population centers do not get to hold the other 90% of the country hostage with whatever coyote acme scheme they come up with.
But by doing that you basically saying that votes of Americans living in urban areas and more populous states counts less than those in rural America. Why should the minority of Americans be able to force their policies on the majority? Whether you like it or not the US is an urbanized country by a large margin and will only get bigger.
So you admit that you like the Electoral College because it gives the minority more influence over the Presidential Election not because more people agree with Conservative politics but rather Conservatives just spread themselves out better than the majority voters?
Why should where you live matter if we are a United States?
It wasn't left up to the people of each state. But their legislatures. The people had their say in how the Federal government was run by electing their legislatures and Representatives into office. IE: The Senators and Congressmen. It was up to the States to decide who to elect to enforce the will of the People. That is how the member States kept their control of how the Government was run. The people were never meant to elect the President. Just the Senators and Congressmen. It was another part of the Checks and Balances that was made into the current US Constitution. A way to make sure that the Executive Branch was not stronger than the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch. And visa versa all around.
There is of course a bit more to it. This is just the watered down version but enough is in there to explain why we have the EC.
In summary: We the People get to decide how our government is run via the Legislative Branch of our government by electing the Senators and Congressmen. The States gets to decide who to pick to execute the laws that is made by the Senate and House of Representatives. We are not One Country. We are several Member States acting in concert for the defense of all.
Its also nice that a couple of dense population centers do not get to hold the other 90% of the country hostage with whatever coyote acme scheme they come up with.
That's exactly my point. Why do Republican voters (the minority in the 2016 election) get to decide the Presidential election while the majority of voters are punished just simply testament to the fact they live in large, dense areas?
But by doing that you basically saying that votes of Americans living in urban areas and more populous states counts less than those in rural America. Why should the minority of Americans be able to force their policies on the majority? Whether you like it or not the US is an urbanized country by a large margin and will only get bigger.
So you admit that you like the Electoral College because it gives the minority more influence over the Presidential Election not because more people agree with Conservative politics but rather Conservatives just spread themselves out better than the majority voters?
That's exactly my point. Why do Republican voters (the minority in the 2016 election) get to decide the Presidential election while the majority of voters are punished just simply testament to the fact they live in large, dense areas?
Priceless!
Not everyone will understand that reference but it reminds me of trump and the media.
i don't really want to get rid of the electoral college. what i would like to see is the elimination of gerrymandering nationwide, and i also support a national primary day. all primary and general election votes should count, and no politician should be able to participate in the drawing of his or her own district. these points are not contestable.
But by doing that you basically saying that votes of Americans living in urban areas and more populous states counts less than those in rural America. Why should the minority of Americans be able to force their policies on the majority? Whether you like it or not the US is an urbanized country by a large margin and will only get bigger.
Its also nice that a couple of dense population centers do not get to hold the other 90% of the country hostage with whatever coyote acme scheme they come up with.
Its also nice that a couple of dense population centers do not get to hold the other 90% of the country hostage with whatever coyote acme scheme they come up with.
i don't really want to get rid of the electoral college. what i would like to see is the elimination of gerrymandering nationwide, and i also support a national primary day. all primary and general election votes should count, and no politician should be able to participate in the drawing of his or her own district. these points are not contestable.
Yep. Instead the country is held hostage to a small number of swing states.
Absent Gerrymandering, how do you propose that Congressional districts be drawn?
i don't really want to get rid of the electoral college. what i would like to see is the elimination of gerrymandering nationwide, and i also support a national primary day. all primary and general election votes should count, and no politician should be able to participate in the drawing of his or her own district. these points are not contestable.
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