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.
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it should be fair and no states should be taken away from each other. If you won that state it should stay that color, red/blue.
Yes and provide stricter policies to prevent government corruption
I don't have a view on this
Yes, and institute direct democracy.
Yes, switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system, and end 1st pass the post voting
@7WDP6PTIndependent 2mos2MO
Yes, we need a proportional representation system of electing congress and the president with a popular vote system
Popular vote is important but also should be backed by the American people and allowing the people to have a say of this is somthing that the electoral college should vote on
Yes and no, since it would be easier to add than remove the entire system, giving popular vote electoral votes would be a great change as every voice will have an effect and not be drowned out by the majority of the state, voting blue in texas will currently do nothing, voting red in california will currently do nothing, but with the new system it would. If we could do a full reform, approval voting is my pick for consistently getting the correct candidate
No, but reform so that votes are distributed proportionally via ranked choice in each state, instead of the current winner take all system
We need to revisit the president because lately they have been unqualified, power hungry, don't solve issues, or even focus their attention on issues that are as important when we have much more important things to solve. The president needs to be someone for the people and lately we've only gotten ones who are focused on them self.
Only if a system is developed for majority vote nationally and in a majority of states or ranked choice voting or approval systems with multiple candidates in general election.
The elected candidate should be determined by the public vote. Every voice matters, especially the working class.
It needs reform. The winner takes all system needs to be abolished, and a ranked system should be implemented.
No, but reform the balance by population and weigh it against the popular vote instead of the current winner takes all system
Direct democracy and census testing for each issue you want to vote on. This way only informed people vote on issues they understand.
Yes, switching to a direct democracy system in which those who are affected by a decision all get equal say would probably be ideal, but a popular vote system would be acceptable.
Ask people how much they know about politics and what the president does then based on their answer, have/request them to look/learn certain things. If people refuse to learn then the electoral college can represent them, but if the people do learn, then let their votes have their own weight instead of the electoral college.
Complicated, but our government is corrupt
I don’t understand what this means
i dont have time to read what an electoral college is right now sorry
We should not have a competition to elect leaders. We should be electing those we truly believe in. No two-party system.
Yes, and replace it with a 2-round popular vote, should no one be able to get a majority.
Yes, but at this time I may offer no alternative to the status quo.
No, but switch to an instant runoff voting system to provide a foothold for third-party candidates.
The electoral college should be for factions (sex, race, etc.) not states, and to register for a minority (cause that would be the group with the most influence per person), one must verify they are X, Y, or Z
Yes, and make voting in each state proportional to votes in the state. Make voting as close to absolute democracy as possible.
Possibly, If another political party rises up then we couldn't use the 270 point system.
Yes because i am reforming america into a perfect socialist utopia. this was vald lenins original plan of utopian socialist country.
No, but repeal The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, make it illegal to limit the size of the House, and reapportion based on population with a limit of constituency based on the lowest-populated state (currently Wyoming)
No, while the electoral college ensures representation throughout the whole country, the balance of votes by population should be updated.
Yes, and switch to a ranked voting system combined with a representative democracy (popular vote) system
I think yes everyone should have a voice not just the one person speaking there however would need to be regulations on population so smaller populations can be heard as well
I don't really care about voting.
Create a 4th branch and have a direct democracy. Switzerland as an example.
@9574YPQ3yrs3Y
End democracy in every form
Electoral college should be used for minorities in the country, including those who are rural but also racial/sexual/gender/disability minorities
No, because the electoral college is working as intended by the founding fathers.
I don’t really know or car.
Reduce it, and give the popular vote more power.
Yes, have minimum IQ requirements instead.
No, but it should only be used if the popular vote is within one million votes.
We should switch to a direct democracy
Yes, and make me dictator forever
Yes, but switched to a popular vote system and provide an independent tax funded news outlet that provides non-opinionated news with failsafes and restrictions in place to maintain independence.
No but there should be more congressional seats and the large states should split into smaller ones.
Yes, because this government hasn't been working out baby.
Yes, replace with a double majority: Majority of the national population and majority of states with a majority vote.
This is a complex question because on one hand it helps prevent hate groups like the KKK getting bad people elected into power but it can also be unfair to the majority.
This is above what I care about.
I do not believe in an election based government
No, but gradually introduce a rank choice voting system in a few states, and than abolish the electoral college once proven the rank choice voting works
Yes, and regulate media to be only factual regarding government and politics so that citizens can be more educated
No, but the electors should be chosen based on the proportion of people who voted for a candidate in each state.
no, but abolish "winner takes all"
I think it should be seriously reworked and torn away from its racist roots
It is anti democratic and should be abolished
Not until we can come up with a better system
Yes, but create a proportional representation election system for congress and the senate. The president will be popular vote.
They should vote but then let the public review their choice and if most people agree with the decision, they let it be official.
Even after reading more idk what that means
I think the current system should be reformed entirely
Only if the electoral system is reformed.
Yes, and make new programs to thoroughly educate the people on voting and politics so they can be educated voters in a popular vote system.
Yes, and switch it to Standard Transferrable Vote.
People collectively as a massive group are rather stupid. Therefor the electoral college was put in place but it’s not great either
Yes, and switch to a popular vote system with ranked-choice voting
Yes, and invest the executive power in the Cabinet, not just the President. The Cabinet should be directly elected by the people via Instant Run-off Voting. Give each Member powers directly related to their executive position, and have them vote on whether or not to approve or veto bills, and whether or not to pardon and the like.
Yes, and switch to a system that uses mixed-member proportional representation and alternative vote.
No, but the balance of votes by population should be updated, and votes are distributed proportionally instead of the current winner take all system
No, but add a sort of advantage or boost to winning the popular vote.
Yes, and switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system with a ranked voting system
I don’t have enough information to form an opinion.
If not abolished it should at least be updated with the proper representation votes for each state. the current system doesn't give each person proper representation.
Yes for the people to all vote only an have ways to find dead prosper voting
Yes, switched to a ranked voting system and a representative democracy
No but make sure the person deserves to be president and will do what's best for the country but more so for the health of the earth
Yes, and switch to a system of decentralized direct consensus democracy.
Yes, and reform into a parliamentary system
Yes, and make it so that there is less weight in representatives and more in direct democracy.
@TheDiamoneMinorGreen4yrs4Y
No, but switched to a ranked voting system for each state
Yes, and replace the presidency with a citizens' assembly
Yes, and switch to rank voting within a popular voting system
I don’t have a preference
I wish to abolish the Electoral college, but it is the only suitable option for the United States.
yes because the founding fathers believed that it should change every few years
The electoral college still serves a purpose but needs modernization & reform, as it was established during the colonial period & was at the time intended to prevent everyone from just voting for their own state representative in a time before the 2 party system.
Yes, and switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system with 2/3rd or 3/4th majority needed for major laws. Tyranny of the masses is not pleasant either and we want to keep people from making regulations based on 50%+1 vote.
Yes and switch to direct democracy
two round voting system, usung a representative system
Not necessarily because small areas still need a say BUT there should be something put in place so that it accurately represents the popular vote.
Switch to the STAR Voting system, where candidates are ranked on a scale from 1-5 and then the top two most ranked compete in a separate, automatic runoff.
I think that peoples votes should be counted only.
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