Senators are elected by majority vote. Representatives are elected by majority vote. Only the president is not, and never has been. One has to wonder why, if democrats are so dominant, there are not more democrat Senators and Representatives. Never fear, the majority vote is alive and well in the US.Ah, therein lies the rub. It is "too hard" to change the process, so we're instructed that we need to ignore it and just do whatever it takes to put a democrat in the White House.We are a Republic, not a Democracy. The Electoral College was put into place because of the fear of the majority. The system has been in place for over 200 years and if we want to change it, then we need to change it. That said we are a nation of laws. We honor the system that is in place.
"Fear of the majority" he sez
Doesn't that sound like setting up an élite class to run the jernt.
And you left out Governors -- the closest parallel to a President, being the Chief Executive of a state. I bring these up whenever some parrot starts murmuring "mob rule", which they can't defend -- since Governors, Senators, Congresscritters, Mayors, City Councils, Sheriffs etc etc etc etc etc are *ALL* elected by so-called "mob rule", yet nobody calls it that when it's not convenient to do so.
That's because they're working with the rules as they actually exist, not how they want the rules to be. Why NOT elect governors via county vote?
That's exactly my point ---- if "mob rule" were a real thing .... then that's what states would be doing.
None of them do, because it's NOT a real thing. Therefore it's a bullshit argument. Follow me?