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
Yes it should, for example, a vote from California is worth 1/4 of a vote from Wyoming as each state gets a guaranteed 3 electoral votes and the rest are given out based on population the problem is the number of votes does not increase with the population and some states such as Wyoming would have no votes if it were not for the guaranteed 3 the problem is that each person in a state such as Wyoming has more power than people in bigger states as bigger states are often short of electoral votes. California is short 14 electoral votes.
@97J4T59 3mos
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
@93VKT3J 1wk
One of the main reasons electoral college was made was because 250 years ago there was no way to collect all the votes of the land owner white men that were privileged to vote. So they could send a proxy voter "Elector" to vote for all that couldn't go.
There was zero thought about population density in some states.
@979LZZ6 2mos
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.
@96BBR4D4mos
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
@987RYBW2mos
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 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
No, but it needs reformed
@98XP3X652mins
The electoral college basically gets the vote so it's like your voting for nothing so yes and no
@98XMZX71hr
It should be changed but not gotten rid of entirely.
@98XHFHM4hrs
Do not really care for if electoral votes should be removed or not.
@98XGH294hrs
Yes, and switch to a merit based voting system
@98XDBLH6hrs
I just don't have an opinion
@98X7N4H18hrs
A government is overrated.
@98X4M6J1 day
Must win popular majority and state majority
@98X3NNZ1 day
@98X3J6C1 day
Yes, And switch to score voting
@933K4DPRepublican2 days
I think that the electoral college should be kept, and we should work to improve it so that there are no loopholes by which candidates can game the system. I also think that we should change how we elect the Electoral College. However, alternatives may be worth investigating.
@98WWFKS2 days
i don't have enough knowledge to make an answer
@98WVBF42 days
No, even though I don’t like democracy a lot.
@98WR8243 days
Electoral College can stay but for issues dealing with morality a popular vote should be implemented
I am not to sure of this question so i am going to say maybe
@98WLKJN3 days
No, but I would not be upset should it be abolished.
@98WKZ3JRepublican3 days
Yes, and have congress choose a president
@98WKNLW3 days
I think that there needs to be a system that forces the electors to vote for what the people vote for.
@98WKM6N3 days
I don’t care what happens to the electoral college to be honest.
@98WKHM63 days
Don't even know what that is
@98WJSSZ3 days
I believe that we should reassess the power that the electoral colleges hold over the people vote.
@98WJGM53 days
@98WB36C4 days
I don't understand or care enough
@98W99VQRepublican4 days
Yes, submit your vote directly for the candidate
@98W8ZRZ4 days
No, it should instead be done by state counties or districts
@98W5ZFD4 days
@98W2GDP4 days
I don't have a problem with it all though I don't like where the idea came from.
@98W4F6YWomen’s Equality4 days
no, but make sure that all states have truly equal representation.
@98W3GC34 days
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@98W22C34 days
Its an ok system but it has moments that it is not.
@98VZY5V4 days
I don´t have a problem with it, even though I don´t like the idea of where it came from.
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