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Originally Posted by catmandoo62
whats wrong with just dumping the electoral votes and leave it up to the common people.the candidate with the most votes wins!!
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
I do agree that the Electoral college is a relic from the past and should be abolished.
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The purpose of the electoral college is to mitigate the common people. IIRC, George Washington was not elected by popular vote. There's a reason the Constitution doesn't specify a popular vote for President.
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Originally Posted by Botnst
^^^ I wish all of the states would do that. It would increase the viability of 3rd parties.
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How so? CA's thing is by Congressional district. Districts are drawn by Dems and Reps in the state government.
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Originally Posted by WANT '71 280SEL
This country was intended to have everything focus around the states, which is where the founding fathers were the most confident it could remain uncorrupted. They were weary (wary. sorry, pet peeve) of large federal governments, therefore U.S. senators would be chosen by individual states' H.O.R. (or senate, can't remember). Interestingly, this was changed because of corruption on the state level where U.S. senatorial candidates would "buy" their votes.
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The founding fathers wanted a strong federal government. That's why they threw out the Articles of Confederation and wrote the Constitution with no authority to do so.