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| quote: | Originally posted by butterfly
i think that is an interesting issue. i beleive the electoral college was instituted partly because there was no way for individual voters to be educated on who was running so their votes were supposed to infulence their electoral representative on how to vote. (correct me if i am wrong on any of this) i thought that the representatives in teh electoral college are allowed to split up their vote but it has become common practice for all votes to go with the majority. (not too sure on that - i'd be curious if anyone knows more)
anyway, i think i generally agree that it should go by the majority vote, with the way votes get cast now. If the vote were to get split up proportionally then i dont think it would matter so much... |
This is more or less true. I actually am not sure what the law says on it, but i believe currently the system goes:
-popular vote taken
-results given to electorate
-electorate are supposed to vote for whom the state chose, but they have the option not to (no one ever does this)
-president chosen accordingly
Its definnitely an interesting system, but it has alot of flaws. Granted any new system would also be bound to have flaws, but it just seems more fair to do it this new way, especially with the infinitely better technology we now possess (relative to the 1780s)
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