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re: What is the argument for the electoral college instead of a popular vote?
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:45 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:45 am to TheCaterpillar
It's was designed to prevent candidates from only campaigning in the cities. With the Electoral college, they have to campaign to all states and populations, urban and rural.
It's actually a good system.
It's actually a good system.
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Posted on 11/8/16 at 10:47 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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It's was designed to prevent candidates from only campaigning in the cities. With the Electoral college, they have to campaign to all states and populations, urban and rural.
It's actually a good system.
Now this might be the best reason I've heard.
But a rebuttal would be that GOP doesn't waste time in Blue States and Dems don't waste time in Red States. So its actually have the opposite effect as this.
The votes for each would actually matter in those states if it was popular vote.
This post was edited on 11/8/16 at 10:49 am
Posted on 11/8/16 at 11:54 am to Hugo Stiglitz
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It's was designed to prevent candidates from only campaigning in the cities.
Hugo, you are wrong.
I thought it was put into existence to prevent mob rule?
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The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states.
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They believed that with the Electoral College no one would be able to manipulate the citizenry. It would act as check on an electorate that might be duped. Hamilton and the other founders did not trust the population to make the right choice.
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The founding fathers were afraid of direct election to the Presidency. They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power.
This post was edited on 11/8/16 at 11:56 am
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