There a movie about Hillary, called Election. Anybody who wants to be President that bad should be crossed off the list.
The First Man
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There a movie about Hillary, called Election. Anybody who wants to be President that bad should be crossed off the list.
In my book, a deal's a deal. When States join the Union on the basis of contractual obligations and promises, if we then change the rules we should let States go free.
We would be better off if we let the States select the Senators as they wish, and hopefully held them accountable for representing the States' interest. As it is now, the States are disenfranchised in this system.
The idea of abolishing the Electoral College would further downgrade the "Constitutional Republic" form of government we once had, which was supposed to give small states and regional interests some clout, antidotal to the evils of democracy such as "mob rule" , "majority tyranny", and complete degeneration of individual rights. The design of the government at the outset was intended to discourage special interests, individuals with inordinate lust for power, and intolerant majority slices of the population from being able to deny individuals or States their inherent rights. States are not super-counties, they are, or should be, sovereign governmental entities with defined powers, actually separate powers from those delegated to the Federal government.
If we continue to downgrade the separation of powers, or the powers held by States, or the rights held by individuals, we are vulnerable to tyranny, possibly mob rule.
We would be better off if we let the States select the Senators as they wish, and hopefully held them accountable for representing the States' interest. As it is now, the States are disenfranchised in this system.
The idea of abolishing the Electoral College would further downgrade the "Constitutional Republic" form of government we once had, which was supposed to give small states and regional interests some clout, antidotal to the evils of democracy such as "mob rule" , "majority tyranny", and complete degeneration of individual rights. The design of the government at the outset was intended to discourage special interests, individuals with inordinate lust for power, and intolerant majority slices of the population from being able to deny individuals or States their inherent rights. States are not super-counties, they are, or should be, sovereign governmental entities with defined powers, actually separate powers from those delegated to the Federal government.
If we continue to downgrade the separation of powers, or the powers held by States, or the rights held by individuals, we are vulnerable to tyranny, possibly mob rule.
Cappy_Smurf
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Yeah, I think some of you are overthinking some things. Right now we have a system where the guy who loses the election can still win the presidency. Although it's true that human beings will always try to take advantage of a situation in any way they can, you can't let that be an excuse for avoiding progress. Americans have a reputation for being pretty uppity about everyone having a voice, and yet our system is set up in a way that it really isn't true. Right is right, and a system where some people don't vote because they know their vote won't count ain't right. America needs to change with the times, and I simply don't believe that getting rid of the electoral college will open the door to complete chaos.