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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@98VZGKQ2yrs2Y
Yes, but move to a ranked voting system to promote more political parties, if we're going to have them we might as well divide them into smaller parties focused on separate issues instead of two leviathans of society which only serves to polarize us.
Yes, switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system, and end 1st pass the post voting
@B3NTL6CIndependent2mos2MO
No, but the electoral college's decision should have less influence than the popular vote in the election process
@9WPPH357mos7MO
I don’t think it necessarily should, I see how it’s confusing and most young people nowadays don’t get the concept but it can be taught easily.
@9WM353S7mos7MO
Yes, the electoral college is absurd. Under no circumstance should a candidate who has lost the popular vote be deemed the winner. The electoral college essentially makes votes that are casted in non-swing states irrelevant.
@9W3TFGFRepublican7mos7MO
No, removing the electoral college is unconstitutional and favors the likes of major cities over the rest of the nation.
The government should be more representative (say if 5 people vote for one person but 6 vote for another, the person with 6 votes would get all the electoral college votes, that is not democratic)
@9FNQM3JRepublican2yrs2Y
I don't have enough information to be able to answer
@97YDFY22yrs2Y
Yes, and there should be a non-partisan system set up to redistrict and correct bias from jerry-mandering
@8D8Q8H85yrs5Y
Yes, the popular vote represents the entire population down to the vote.
@96JK8CF3yrs3Y
No, but ranked choice voting should be implemented nationwide, allowing all candidates a fair run.
@93FCL8Y3yrs3Y
Realistically it is almost impossible to replace the Electoral College.
@93B5JQ73yrs3Y
Winner should not take all
@92QN72J3yrs3Y
For every house of representatives in each state, they should have PRR
No, the electoral college reflects the notion of state sovereignty.
@8ZY3BLD3yrs3Y
This made sense when it took days to vote, ensuring more even representation. Now, the smaller states do not need this protection. The Republican party does. Good luck in getting this abolishsed.
@8Z99BB83yrs3Y
Either abolished or adjusted to be based on population density, NOT just population.
@8YCPV4JWomen’s Equality3yrs3Y
@8XH5YLR4yrs4Y
I don't really know enough right now to form an opinion.
@8WFFND7Republican4yrs4Y
Should be based on number of votes received not electoral votes
@8W33ZL24yrs4Y
No, it should not be abolished but it should be updated.
@8VF4D344yrs4Y
Yes, and the rest of the electoral system too.
@8V8WL2S4yrs4Y
Each US HOR District should get to place their own presidential vote and have 2 “winner take all” votes for each state.
@8TBXFG24yrs4Y
No, but we should abolish faithless electors.
@8SQ8DFW4yrs4Y
Yes, abolish it like they did slavery in the 1800s
@8RNNGKB4yrs4Y
No, but require a state's electoral vote to be the same as it's popular vote.
@8RL86MJ4yrs4Y
No, but the popular vote should be considered in the process.
I don’t think it really matters
@8NVDRVN5yrs5Y
No, but our voting system needs to be more secure.
@8NCNHYS5yrs5Y
I think it is unfair that the popular vote might not become president, but I think the electoral college is fine. As long as it is more honest, and actually goes somewhat towards the popular voting system.
@8N8DNH75yrs5Y
Yes, because the electoral vote pretty much defeats the purpose of democracy and makes the next president not up to the people.
@8N5FV5J5yrs5Y
No but it should be greatly changed. Make the votes distributed more evenly, and either distrubute the votes to canidates based on there perecent or use ranked choice voting for states.
@8MQ45MY5yrs5Y
I don't really know much about this so im not so sure.
@8LVDPYJ5yrs5Y
I say no because, people like me need stuff like that.
@8LT32SZ5yrs5Y
No, but make it so that you don't elect electors.
@8LSZ2635yrs5Y
I don't really have an opinion on this topic
@8LNXYNZ5yrs5Y
No but it should have major reworks. First of all remove the electors and make it more direct but still by state. Also implement ranked choice voting in all states. Second distribute votes more fairly and have the ranked choice voting "threshold" be 55-60%.
@8LNX9KD5yrs5Y
peopel who now more about it should have a biger say than sombody who know nothing
@8K92QR55yrs5Y
Yes, and switch to a sortition system
@8DNY5KQ5yrs5Y
Yes make it a popular vote
@9CBXZ6VIndependent2yrs2Y
No, however, the electoral votes should be tied to the popular vote of each congressional district. With the exception of the 2 electoral votes given to each state by virtue of the Senate delegation which should be awarded in a manner determined by each State; or eliminated altogether.
@9BFPDKBWomen’s Equality2yrs2Y
im indifferent about this
@99LVBMJ2yrs2Y
I am not interested in the topic
@97DH5YH3yrs3Y
NO, but change the amount of votes per state
@972DLVR3yrs3Y
I dont have a valid opinion on this.
@8VYCRWX4yrs4Y
Whether or not the electoral college is abolished, it should at least be changed to updated vote balances and/or reform for distributional proportions.
@8QNMYGN4yrs4Y
I think that we should either keep the electoral college or switch to the Congressional District Method used by Maine and Nebraska.
@8QKPGZF4yrs4Y
No, but have more districts instead of just states.
@8P2DDMR5yrs5Y
don't remove the electoral college because if the election is just based off of the popular vote it would be extremely boring to watch. However, the popular vote should have a bit more power in the decision of the next president.
@8LQCL785yrs5Y
Yes, But dont make kids vote all the time.
@8L7KVT25yrs5Y
No, but voters need to be educated on the issues being addressed before they vote, not just for which candidate they like better.
@8K73ZZK5yrs5Y
Don't see the point in having it or getting rid of it
@8G6S2525yrs5Y
Neither the electoral college or popular vote voting systems is good and we should reform to give the power back to the people
@8FYXNZP5yrs5Y
I support fair chance elections.
@8FTP8N85yrs5Y
Every vote counts. No matter what the “popular” vote is
@8X9W26Z4yrs4Y
No. Its an important part of history since it was made in 1804.
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