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Or oppose them, which is approval.Yes and I don’t vote for anyone who supports it.
Or oppose them, which is approval.Yes and I don’t vote for anyone who supports it.
Exactly. Small towns would then have zero say in national elections.Doing away with the electoral college will simply allow candidates to target 8 or so states and ignore the rest of the country.
Well, actually, probably the biggest reason for the electoral college was because some states had far fewer people they permitted to vote (slavery being a major factor in that) and thus the electoral college was a way to let those states keep the power based on their population but without having to actually let all the people vote.on_the_hill:
Thats not why it was created. It was created because the people can’t be trusted to vote for a president.The electoral college is what keeps the massive population imbalance (on the coasts, mainly) from overruling the vast expanse of the US that isn’t on the coasts.
Actually, a good number of states do have laws requiring people to vote for who they have pledged, and the SCOTUS recently weighed in and said such laws are constitutional (unanimously, at that–though Clarence Thomas, as is his wont, said that the rest of the justices reached the right conclusion but through the wrong rationale). Not all states have such laws, though.So Lets use last election for example; everyone could have voted for trump but if the college is in a mood they could vote in trump anyway.
There is nothing stopping that from happening in law, its just not wise to do that or the recent riots would be nothing in comparison.
And that’s different from our current system under the electoral college… how, exactly?That’s like bragging that you outscored your opponent but still lost the World Series 4 games to 3. It didn’t matter before the election, and is continued sour grapes afterwards. We are a constitutional republic, made up of diverse interests among 50 states. The Senate was created to give states equal weight in national matters. Doing away with the electoral college will simply allow candidates to target 8 or so states and ignore the rest of the country. The rest of the country has interests that need to be addressed and are different than simply the major urban centers.
They would automatically self excommunicate. latae sententiaeHow would anyone know if a person voted for a communist unless one proclaimed it publically?
Exactly!!!This election is the most clearly good vs evil in history
Needless to say, we’re extremely fortunate that President Trump is President during this pandemic, as he took it seriously way before the Democrats and their media took the pandemic seriously:Covid-19
I realize you’re trying to speak rhetorically, but there isn’t anyone “in charge of the justice system.” The judiciary is an independent branch of government.An who is in charge of the justice system.