Lewdog
Gold Member
Nothing wrong with acknowledging our way of electing Presidents is fucked up. It was designed to STOP a moron like Trump from becoming President, not enable it. It failed.
It actually stopped mob rule where a few cities or states have the ability to choose a President for the entire country.
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So are we back to saying that some people are only worth 3/5ths of a person because of where they live?
Haven't they always been?
If you live in Rhode Island, you get two Senators to represent you. If you live in California, you only get two Senators to represent you. Or are you against that too?
We are less a country of people than we are a country of states. Each state gives their electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote of that state. It's the fairest way to have an election because a President is not just the leader of the people, the President is also the leader of our land as well.
NYC alone has over seven million people. That's more people than our four least populated states. If we just let places like that decide who is going to run the country, what would be the use for everybody else to go out and vote?
No. I believe in the popular vote where everyone in the country has an equal vote. There is no reason why if I move to another state like New York, my vote no longer means as much as if I stayed in Kentucky.
This year proved something very important, and that is that the entire election can be swung by only concentrating on the vote totals of less than 5 states. It showed that the Electoral College robbed Peter to pay Paul. Instead of big states like Texas, California, and New York dominating the election, now the "swing states" like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin can swing the entire election.
So what is your suggestion, that we allow Texas, California, New York and Florida to choose the President for the entire country.....each and every presidential election?
And if we did that, why would politicians pay attention to any other states? Screw them, right? I mean, if they get wiped out by a hurricane, don't send them any federal money. They don't have enough population there to give a shit. Or perhaps a tornado takes out part of a town in a least populated state. Why give them a dime? Give it to New York city to fund studies on why many lesbians are fat.
A popular vote means over 90% of the country has no say-so in presidential elections. At least with an electoral college, candidates must look out for the interests of lower populated states as well.
You didn't understand a simple statement. A popular vote means EVERY citizen has an equal say in who the President is. Are you a citizen of the United States or a citizen of Ohio?
Texas, California, and New York aren't electing anyone... the citizens that live there are.
I'd rather have every citizen's vote be equal than have the election decided by just a couple of swing states every year.