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The people still vote, ergo "popular vote". The difference is that the US use indirect democracy with th EC as representatives. I think it's mostly the way we
by dudul 5y ago
The people still vote, ergo "popular vote". The difference is that the US use indirect democracy with th EC as representatives.
I think it's mostly the way we use "popular vote" in the US that is incorrect.
- kergonath 5y agoThe people don’t vote for the president, though, which is the point. They vote for electors, and sometimes the electors vote in the same way as the people. Reasonably often they don’t.