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RE: The Electoral College
December 16, 2011 at 5:39 pm
(December 16, 2011 at 2:22 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: After you educated me on the fact yesterday, I have to say it is a terrible and unfair system.
Agreed.
Unfortunately, abolishing it would require an amendment to the Constitution, which is possible but a lot harder than just passing a law.
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RE: The Electoral College
December 16, 2011 at 6:39 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2011 at 6:40 pm by TheDarkestOfAngels.)
I'm a little bit torn on ths actually -
On one hand - I love democracy.
On the other hand - people don't always vote based on the person who represents their best interests - (see: congress - who attempted to pass three bills that would create an American Fascism - including internet censorship and the ability for the military to arrest anyone without a trial.)
So, I think a solution lies somewhere in between - like a system where both an electoral college and the majority of people elect a president based on the degree in which each voted.
For example, if 51% of the people in an EC votes for one guy and 52% of Americans voted for the other guy, the Americans would succeed in voting "other guy" into the presidency.
There would have to be a third-party intervention if the two groups voted oppositely in EXACTLY the same degree. I don't know who that would be, but I don't see this being an issue that comes up very often.
In a pinch, though, I trust democracy far more than an electoral college.
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