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We are talking about the electoral college, which enables tyranny of the minority. Not only can a candidate win the electoral college while losing the popular
by hannasanarion 7y ago
We are talking about the electoral college, which enables tyranny of the minority.
Not only can a candidate win the electoral college while losing the popular vote, but the winner-take-all system means that only votes in closely-contested states really matter. The Electoral College allows the minority to overrule the majority.
- briandear 7y agoThe president isn't the president of “the people” but of the states. It says so right there on the tin: “President of the United States.” Which means the president is and should be, elected by representatives of the states. The House of Representatives should be the only federal office directly voted on by “the people.” If that were the case, especially eliminating the direct election of senators, you’d see a much less divisive, gridlocked system where governance is more about public service and less about these election soap operas.
- hannasanarion 7y agoThe office is called "President of the United States", not "President of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Michigan".