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Originally Posted by unknown stuntman
No, only if you were to assume all states would possess the same amount of electoral votes. Basically it is a "middle ground" between the current set-up and a system solely based on popular votes.
It should at least work out to popular vote being more heavily weighted, I just don't see a reason why one person's vote should have any more value than any other.
Popular vote will not work nor be fair to states that do not have the population of some cities. What the people of NYC, LA, SF or other densely populated areas want likely will not float or work in the rural areas of the country.
You'll end up with a political system that is to heavily slanted to the urban areas and the rural areas that make up most of the country land-wise will feel shafted and then the real problems start.
Even with the current system I don't like it as right now states with a lot of electoral votes get all the attention, money, funding, and the states with very few electoral votes get the short in of the stick as unimportant and un-needed.
Popular vote will not work nor be fair to states that do not have the population of some cities. What the people of NYC, LA, SF or other densely populated areas want likely will not float or work in the rural areas of the country.
You'll end up with a political system that is to heavily slanted to the urban areas and the rural areas that make up most of the country land-wise will feel shafted and then the real problems start.
Even with the current system I don't like it as right now states with a lot of electoral votes get all the attention, money, funding, and the states with very few electoral votes get the short in of the stick as unimportant and un-needed.
That would be fine, if most of the people in the United States want a president or a policy then they should get it. The EC was brought about because most in power didn't trust the average voter. The elite in America thought they could better control who was elected to the presidency by rigging the system with the EC. It should be changed. I realize it won't be changed. But it should be.
The EC is very similar to the 3/5 compromise in my opinion. Rich people in charge trying to rig the system. A persons vote shouldn't count less just because he lives in a big city, any more than a black man shouldn't be counted as 3/5ths of a person.
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Originally Posted by Davart
Popular vote will not work nor be fair to states that do not have the population of some cities. What the people of NYC, LA, SF or other densely populated areas want likely will not float or work in the rural areas of the country.
You'll end up with a political system that is to heavily slanted to the urban areas and the rural areas that make up most of the country land-wise will feel shafted and then the real problems start.
Even with the current system I don't like it as right now states with a lot of electoral votes get all the attention, money, funding, and the states with very few electoral votes get the short in of the stick as unimportant and un-needed.
I'm maybe missing something here but how does it somehow become more fair when individual votes don't carry the same weight?
I think we should elect our president by popular vote, not the traditional electoral vote (which I think is outdated anyway). As we learned the hard way, having a president that does not represent MOST American's choice can have negative consequences. Let's update the way we elect our leader!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The EC was outdated when cities got so big they skewed the entire state.
The only and the MOST IMPORTANT office that any American votes for is the only office that the majority of voters don't always decide who is elected. There is something very wrong with that process, and it has proved to be a disaster for this country.
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