America's Political Practice. The Electoral College and Popular Vote. The People.?
I strongly disagree with the way America's Political System operates. A presidential candidate (PC) can win the popular vote and still lose the election. This is because the electoral college (EC) chooses the next president. The people vote in their state. Then the members of the EC choose the candidate corresponding to the majority party vote by the people. I now see this on going pattern in presidential elections. If the candidate wins the EC votes of California, New York, Texas, Montana and Florida he is almost guaranteed victory. I believe this is unfair to everyone. This is a proposition that I hope does not occur but then again, how could you stop it. --- The presidential candidate makes deals and gives the EC of states opportunities if they just vote for him. "The people don't choose me, you choose me." So I believe the PC just has to suck the dicks of the EC and he wins. It's political injustice to not let the people's choice win if the PC won the popular vote. I believe in proportional representation like in Norway. If 13% of the people living in the state want Nazism or Radical Totalitarianism as the political system than 13% of the seats in the house or congress will be occupied by politicians that can speak for those people and their ideology. America has a two party system. And as the way things go, the independent party or green party or whatever 3rd party that vies for control will never come close to the presidency. Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose party was the closest to gaining the presidency and that was over 80 years ago. I think this country needs a change in it's political practice. The government is made by the people and for the people. It should change when the people ask for it. But you and I both know, asking gets us nowhere in today's society. We do not have the money. We are not political elites. We are unimportant in the eyes of those in power. We are expendable. Your congressman does not care if you die tomorrow. Paying taxes to the state is more important than your physical health. I am no democrat or republican. The political ideology is one of radical ideology. I like Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism. I would like to hear what others have to say.
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our system has worked fine for 230+ years. It was set up like that for a reason and change is not needed, lest the US ends up like european countries. uh...no.
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Every political system is designed to result in certain consequences. The Electoral College has a couple of huge advantages: 1. Without it, candidates would never leave the big cities and states, because that's where the votes are. Having the E-C means that smaller states get a larger say than they would normally, which would be nothing. I'm OK with that; it's not that big a difference. 2. If we had a system like Norway's where the Radical Party got 13 percent of the vote and 13 percent of the seats, we'd have a ton of parties. Few would be able to have 50 percent and thus odd coalitions would have to be formed in order to create a government. Then it would take one disagreement and you'd have to have a new election. I like the stability that the current election system creates. I think a third party win for President is possible under the right set of circumstances. We seemed ready for one in 1992, but Ross Perot was absoutely the wrong messenger for that task. However, the two major partieis are too entrenched for a third party to seriously contest 435 races for the House and Senate. A replacement for the Republican or Democratic party is possible, like the Whigs faded and the Republicans came on, but unlikely.
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And under your wacko system, if a candidate wins Los Angeles, NYC, and Chicago, which is often the case, he is almost guaranteed victory. The electoral college is an important safeguard against democracy. The people are not supposed to elect the President. "The government is made by the people and for the people. It should change when the people ask for it." Bull. The government was set up to be resistant to the ebb and flow of popular opinion. "I like Totalitarianism and Authoritarianism." Then why the crap do you want a democratic system of picking the President?
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Um, hate to say this, but you are not running the numbers right. The popular vote is biased to the largest cities and the largest States. So, you would have the largest States and Cities tell people who live in Montana and Wyoming how to live?
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You do seem to live up to your name. I don't see how proportional representation can remedy the problem of PCs winning presidential elections with fewer votes. You can only have one winner anyway, so who cares how the proportions go? I agree you need to get rid of electoral colleges, and then just add all the votes throughout the country and the winner is the person with the most votes. {preferential voting (choice voting) might also help.}
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Our political system sucks. We are printing and spending money out of control. Our politicians hate each other let alone fix any problems. Local government sucks too. We are trying to change, we are creating a new political party that even George Washington would be proud of. http://countypublicprimary.blogspot.com/
