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Yes, we can find the answer as to why they were originally implemented. However, my interpretation of the original question was that of "why are they still in
by many_bells_down 10y ago
Yes, we can find the answer as to why they were originally implemented.
However, my interpretation of the original question was that of "why are they still in existence?".
- humanrebar 10y agoBecause you won't convince 3/4 of states to change it. And it's not worth a new constitutional convention over that issue.
- majewsky 10y agoWe actually only need to convince another 105 electoral votes worth of states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Intersta...
- stass 10y agoI feel the original question was more in the line of "Why are US presidential election are not like elections in the many other democratic countries?" and is a huge trivialization of a complicated issue.