The United States Electoral College is the mechanism established by the United States Constitution for the indirect election of the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. Citizens of the United States vote in each state at a general election to choose a slate of “electors” pledged to vote for a party’s candidate. The Twelfth Amendment requires each elector to cast one vote for president and another vote for vice president. During the 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary 15 candidates, including Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elisabeth Warren, called for the abolition of the electoral college.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes
@97J4T59 1mo
Understand politics before making decisions that effect everybody
So then smaller states with smaller populations just get no say so correct??? Cause that's the purpose of the electoral!!! All states (which actually means people in politics) are different sizes. Therefore smaller states less population versus bigger states with bigger population. If we went by popular vote because electoral college is gone then these smaller states would not be able to compete with bigger states. For example, lets say California has a population of 1.5 billion half those people (750,000,000) feel democratic while other half (750,000,000) feel republican. But Montana only h… Read more
@979LZZ6 2wks
So then smaller states with smaller populations just get no say
No, it just means all people would get an equal say; under the electoral college, people in smaller states are given a larger "say" than people in larger states...which is blatantly anti-democratic. If some people have more of a say than others, then that's not democratic, that's just inflating the beliefs of a minority simply because they're in a minority. Everyone should have the same, equal vote, and if that means a minority belief is unpopular...then that's just how majoritarianism works. Plus, smaller states/towns always have their own local elections anyways, so I don't even understand the issue? If the majority of the country votes for Party A, then that's obviously who should lead nationally, but if your small state/town votes majority Party B, then your state/town should be lead by Party B...
It isn't that smaller states don't get a say, it's that the PEOPLE'S say is what matters, not the states'. The whole "bigger states/bigger cities will decide elections" is not true whatsoever. It doesn't even make sense when you read into it. The people in those cities and states are what matters. Changing to a popular vote system (including stuff like ranked voting, what Australia does) will lead to people actually feeling as if their vote matters. If politicians have issues with it, they just need to adopt more popular policies that align with the views of their voter base, ya know, the people who put you in charge and the ones that you're governing. Land shouldn't vote, people should.
@96BBR4D2mos
Yes, and elected officials should only be permitted to cast votes based on constituents' votes, forgoing their own personal opinions, being just a vessel/voice for the people they represent. This is a service position, so more humility and willingness to serve is an essential to holding this office.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes, and switch to a ranked voting system
@987RYBW3 days
I would also like multi-member districts as well, aka proportional ranked-choice voting.
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
Yes, and switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, the electoral college ensures representation of the whole country instead of just major cities
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, but reform so that votes are distributed proportionally instead of the current winner take all system
@ISIDEWITH6yrs
No, but the balance of votes by population should be updated
No, but it needs reformed
No, but repeal the Permanent Reapportionment Act of 1929 and add seats to the House so each House member represents the same number of constituents. Thus making the Electoral College more in line with it's intention
@989D45F7hrs
dont have a staces on this one
In some cases it looks bad and it others it looks good
There would be no need for elections if we didn't have a government, if we all just lived our own lives and left eachother alone.
@989BTRQ10hrs
No, but only if the winner doesn´t get to controlling over the economy
@9892JLG16hrs
I don't really care. >=]
@988ZQB716hrs
no,The Electoral College doesn't treat all Americans equally. It turns presidential elections into massive efforts to win the votes of a small number of voters in a few key states, rather than the support of the American people as a whole.
@988ZC6P16hrs
I believe that a state electoral college is a much better system than the national electoral college that we have now.
@988Y8CZ17hrs
"When in doubt, kick them out" - M4RK THE KLOWN
@988NPG71 day
@988MG87Libertarian1 day
yes with the exception that there are standards for insuring presidents that make terrible decisions are taken out of office according to there competence and and ability to better america
@988LLZR1 day
college should be free and the school should be free
@988LK2S2 days
no, and I do not support democracy.
@988LCR8Independent2 days
Not knowledgeable enough to have a stance.
@988L3WV2 days
Yes, but create a fair voting system for both the people, and the candidates running
@988L3CT2 days
No political view on this
@988FZRW2 days
if i keeping it 100 i don't believe in this bs
@9888KB62 days
Have the states use the same system as Nevada and Maine instead of the winner-take-all
@9883JMQ2 days
i refuse to understand what the electoral college is
@987WQKN2 days
I think the colleges should be for the students that want to go to college and not abolish the schools at all
@987SGVF3 days
Use a ranked voting system
@987QSKN3 days
@987PVPB3 days
No, but divide the votes so that there are democratic and republican votes in each state and not just one opinion per state.
@987NX7P3 days
cuh i dont support nothin young and dumb what about it
@9872HS23 days
I don’t really know what the electoral college is
@986XXDC4 days
I don't have enough information on this topic to make a choice.
@986X73X4 days
it was originally based on slavery right ik queen here sit down lemme show you okay so basically right it was based off of this old white dude who wanted to like find a way to trade slaves so he decided the electoral college was a great way to represent this.
@986VYJW4 days
@986SM8Q4 days
Different people's votes should be worth more than others, and should NOT be decided based on wealth or position, but rather mental faculties and reasoning.
@986SLNB4 days
We should implement the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
@986SKGZ4 days
Yes Baby born every 4 years has to crawl to the candidates and whoever the baby goes to wins.
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