The people choosing is a democracy. We're a Constitutional Republic.
Good luck with that amendment.
Your admiration of fraudulent voting is noted.
We have a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. Choosing the president through direct voting rather than the Electoral College would not make the country into a direct democracy. We would continue to be a constitutional republic, and a representative democracy.
I don't understand why so many people argue that getting rid of the EC would turn the country into a democracy, as though we don't have a form of democracy now.
Call me crazy, but I find the idea of LA, NY and Chicago choosing every President from here on out less than appealing.
Good luck with that Constitutional amendment.
Okay, I'll cal you crazy.
The reason I call you crazy is because you don't understand how other systems work.
With PR, LA, NY and Chicago would not control the country.
Chicago has a population of 2.6 million, LA 3.7 million and NY 8 million,
That's 14.3 million population out of 320 million. There is no way in hell that these three cities would control the election. They make up such a small percentage.
If you look at countries with proportional representation you see more parties and more choice. Perhaps a party like the Democratic Party would do well in some places, but every vote counts. A farmer in Wyoming would have as much a vote as anyone else.
In the US currently only 20% of the voters have a vote that actually really counts towards the election. Only THREE of these states are in the bottom 50% for population size. So, 20% of people decide the election for the rest of the people.
If a Republican votes Republican in California, their vote is meaningless. It doesn't help the Republicans, it doesn't give this person a voice at all.
When a CDU supporter votes in Bremen, the city with the highest SPD (left wing) vote in the country, their vote COUNTS towards the make up of parliament. The same for a SPD voter in Bavaria which has the highest CDU/CSU vote in the country.
That's the difference.
If you don't understand the system, you'll believe that PR will lead to cities having power. But it's just not the case. PR is one person, one vote and that's how it works. The PEOPLE decide the govt, unlike the US election where the President is chosen by 20% of the voters.