No wonder so many Americans don't vote!!

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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    one person=one vote, regardless of where you live, color, sex, religion, etc etc etc.
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Ok, think my blonde brain gets it. thanks
    There could be huge voting gaps state by state that aren’t accounted for.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • _
    _ Posts: 6,657
    I think the electoral college probably made sense back when they came up with it, when people more or less stayed put. But these days we have such great mobility and migration from state to state that it seems outdated. And I can see why it would seem like there's no point in voting since your vote might not "count" (as in Texas). I'm lucky to live in a swing state where I can feel like I have a chance of making a difference. (Although I'd be even luckier to live in a blue state. :D)
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Ok, think my blonde brain gets it. thanks
    There could be huge voting gaps state by state that aren’t accounted for.

    be proud of your blondeness!
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    'Numerous constitutional amendments have been submitted seeking a replacement of the Electoral College with a direct popular vote. However, no submission has ever successfully passed both Houses of Congress.'


    what do you think it would take for congress to get rid of the electoral college?


    MrSmith wrote:
    be proud of your blondeness!

    aw! thanks!
    i was taught there's no such thing as an stupid question. and if i feel silly my blonde hair is a good scapegoat.
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • NMyTree
    NMyTree Posts: 2,374
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    The idea behind the electoral college simplified..

    Pretend 51% of Americans move to California..

    There is a major disaster there that cause people to vote irrationally..

    they choose a moron president who promises them what they want, but completely fucks over the country. The other 49% are thinking rationally, but can't compete with the 51% freaked out Californians and in the end this moron president ends up fucking everyone because everyone in California freaked out..

    The electoral college creates balance..

    If that makes sense.

    I used to be against it as well, but it makes sense to me now. It basically adds balance to address issues that effect different regions evenly.

    On paper it's supposed to work kind of the way you're describing.

    Unfotunately, in the real world it doesn't work that way. In fact the Electoral College creates a biased/partisan unbalance and dirties the water.
  • AnnaMelinda
    AnnaMelinda Posts: 331
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    #2 above means that the electoral college votes according to the popular vote of each state. If the majority of Ohio votes for Bush, then Ohio votes 100% of its electoral college votes for Bush. That is why I stressesd the word "tend". They don't "tend" to vote by the popular vote, they do vote by the popular vote of each state.

    YES...But they are not legally bound to. It is in NO WAY cut and dry.

    And...I know.. it certainly seems silly when talking about the history of this country... and it's electoral process... to go back... say 150 years. CRAZY!!! If we're going to talk history... let's try to keep it to this century...OK?

    :p
    sometimes life don't leave you alone
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    _ Posts: 6,657
    AnnaMelinda wrote:
    YES...But they are not legally bound to. It is in NO WAY cut and dry.

    And...I know.. it certainly seems silly when talking about the history of this country... and it's electoral process... to go back... say 150 years. CRAZY!!! If we're going to talk history... let's try to keep it to this century...OK?

    :p

    You mean the last 8 years? :p

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