Electoral College

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popular vote. The man/woman will be leading the nation! Whoever gets more votes should win. It doesnt make sense to elect people that dont get the most votes.

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popular vote. The man/woman will be leading the nation! Whoever gets more votes should win. It doesnt make sense to elect people that dont get the most votes.

What do you do when nobody gets a majority?  (2000, 1996, 1992, 1968, 1960, 1916, 1912, 1892, 1888, 1884, 1880, 1860, 1856, 1848, 1844, 1824).

There's always various transferable vote systems--but that's never going to come to pass.

i said whoever gets the most votes, not whoever gets a majority

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I have found that most people that want to repeal the Electoral College also fit one or more of the following:
1) from larger States
2) do not understand the concept of State's Rights
3) want to eliminate the Senate

The reason couldnt possibly be that they think the president should be whoever gets the most votes. What a dumb idea.

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I have found that most people that want to repeal the Electoral College also fit one or more of the following:
1) from larger States
2) do not understand the concept of State's Rights
3) want to eliminate the Senate

The reason couldnt possibly be that they think the president should be whoever gets the most votes. What a dumb idea.

Sure if someone gets a majority they should be president, but that doesn't always happen. I would rather keep the electoral college dreadly horrible though it is than go for a plurality system. Not that the former is better than the latter, necessarily, but why not hold out for something better?

What could possibly be better? If your hoping to see a major and minority president or something crazy like that, Id say dont hold your breath.