Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Just like you don't care about the 3 million + illegal aliens that voted along with 5 states with 10's of thousands more votes, than they have registered voters.
Your embarrassment is showing.
Your post is like what a kid says..."Oh, yeah? Well....your mama wears army boots!"
The number keeps increasing, too. Very embarrassing...that the new President isn't someone that most of the people in the world deems fit for office.
Your post is like what a kid says..."Oh, yeah? Well....your mama wears army boots!"
The number keeps increasing, too. Very embarrassing...that the new President isn't someone that most of the people in the world deems fit for office.
Why should Americans care what most people in the world deem fit for office? Some were dumb enough to vote in leaders who said yes to *refugees* and now Europe is suffering because of it.
Yes, I believe I said that earlier. Not the "sore losers being sore", part, but the part that everybody knew the rules going in, and the rules were applied to everybody.
The fact is, though, that the electoral college system has been modified by state laws over time, and it is a perfectly legitimate discussion to have whether those modifications are in keeping with the ideals that underpin our system of government. That's not crying, though I can understand why you wish to dismiss those who think this is an appropriate conversation to have.
Yes it is modified... as populations change and some states become more popular than others.
But it is the US Constitution the makes sure the electoral is elected by a majority of states, based upon each states populations.
More populated and bigger states, would not rule rough shod over less populated states.
NY & California would decide every election, unless those 2 states where broken up, not forgetting so would Texas, to be fair..........
I prefer a larger voice to the more productive citizens who actually MAKE THE COUNTRY GO. So I am an elitist to a certain extent and make no bones about it. The Electoral College prevents the populations receiving redistributive largesse from destroying the country. I like that.
We can discuss changing it of course. But I favor keeping it the way it is. Makers should take precedence over takers.
Keeping it the way it is means keeping it skewed. Because the cap on the membership of the House of Representatives skews representation, and the numbers of representatives correlates to the number of electors each state has. The winner-take-all laws further skew the electoral college's original design.
Why should Americans care what most people in the world deem fit for office? Some were dumb enough to vote in leaders who said yes to *refugees* and now Europe is suffering because of it.
Should Americans care who most people in America deem fit for office?
Yes it is modified... as populations change and some states become more popular than others.
But it is the US Constitution the makes sure the electoral is elected by a majority of states, based upon each states populations.
More populated and bigger states, would not rule rough shod over less populated states.
NY & California would decide every election, unless those 2 states where broken up, not forgetting so would Texas, to be fair..........
The US Constitution does not make sure "the electoral is elected by a majority of states". That's another bogus claim from you. States were given the power to determine how electors were chosen. Nothing more. The Senate is the part of the design to make sure more populated and bigger states would not rule rough-shod over less-populated states. The electoral college's slight advantage, very slight, was about mollifying the slave states, and about addressing the built-in bias that exists in democracies to favor urban centers. By initial design, it would not have had anywhere near the impact it has now. But the two parties took advantage on the state level of cementing their power, and did so by passing the winner-take-all laws. And the cap on the House of Representatives further skewed the electoral college by skewing districts so that some districts roughly have populations of almost a million, while other districts have roughly half that. That's not equal representation, and that problem gets passed on to the electoral college.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
