Should the united states do away with electoral college?

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For those who are unaware of how presidents get picked in our country, each state has a number of votes attached to it based on its population.  The smallest states, Alaska, Wyoming, Rhode Island, and so on, get three or four votes.  The populated states, California, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, and so on, get 30 to 50 votes.  Here's the deal.  If a candidate (the person running) wins a majority, they get all the votes.  That means Person A can beat Person B by maybe a few thousand votes and they get 50-odd electorial college votes.

It is conceivable that a person can lose a popular election but win the states necessary to win the Presidency.

Does anyone think it's time for a change or should we continue things the way they are?

keep it 2
get rid of it 8
dont care 2
other 0
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  • GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
    9 years ago

    The electoral collage doesn't deiced a thing. It' money that rules the world and those who supply it.

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  • RoseIsabella
    9 years ago

    Keep it, true, pure democracy is nothing more than mob rule.

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  • seekelp
    9 years ago

    There're better ways of doing it, for sure, but it's not the worst. You could do something similar by county or electoral district instead.

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