Are You Going To Vote? WHY?

My opinion; I think it was a process for the rich or in charge to keep control of the country.
I think it needs to be repealed if thats the origin.
I think its where the masses are anyway. If NY FL TX and CAL have the most electoral then the high pop areas have it anyway. I've never seen a candidate wooing N/S Dakota.
If a candidate wins with the electoral but loses with the populace what good is your vote? Who are you letting vote for you?

I agree 100% with you. Don't vote!

Dug

Now I realize the Constitution doesn't mean a heck of a lot to most people, especially those in public office, judging by the laws they pass, but it's a truly inspired document, and I very much believe the hand of the Lord was guiding the framers. I find it impossible to comprehend that a group of men could come up with it on their own. Now if you don't like a provision of the Constitution, by all means attempt to change it, work for it, fight for it, but don't expect that just whining about it will change things. But, don't expect my support. I think the electoral system is working just fine.

Tims$.02

Vote, Vote, Vote for the old forum. No use changin something that is tried and true, only to replace it with something flashy that promises vast improvements, and has no record of such. I prefer substance over fluff. Hmm? Is there a parallel there to...

The electoral college was set up to stop large states from running the union.

While the majority in one state could vote for one person and their college could vote for someone else I do not think that has ever happened. The college for a state has always followed the vote of that states people as far as I know.

As far as a majority of the people in the US voting one way and the college voting another way that is why it was set up in the first place. It may not be perfect but it is our system.

With out crunching the numbers lets say a candidate said what the people of NY; FL; CA; and TX wanted to hear. They could then get a 99% of the vote from these states and 0% from the other states and still win. I do not want the same things as some one in CA and NY. In fact most of rural America does not. The college allows the people in rural America to have a voice by stopping this.

In other words it does not matter if you get 51% or 100% of the votes in a state you still get the same number of votes. This stops the people from large states from getting together and running the country. Without the college rural America would not have a vote.

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Lots of RED!!!

I've speant to much time with this discussion.

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