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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Response rates from 4.6m America voters.
43% Yes |
57% No |
34% Yes |
45% No |
7% Yes, and switch to a representative democracy (popular vote) system |
4% No, but reform so that votes are distributed proportionally instead of the current winner take all system |
3% Yes, and switch to a ranked voting system |
4% No, but the balance of votes by population should be updated |
3% No, the electoral college ensures representation of the whole country instead of just major cities |
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Unique answers from America voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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No, reform each state’s model to that of Nebraska and Maine and switch from a popular choice system to a ranked choice one
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I think voting should go into a blockchain that would decentralize and would allow transparent voting for each individual
@8YF7YMH3yrs3Y
Yes, we should have a dictatorship
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No, and we should switch back to women not being able to vote and also property requirements for voting.
@9FG23J21yr1Y
no, but the severe gerrymandering of voting districts needs to be restricted and regulated
@97Z4Q2V2yrs2Y
Overhaul the entire political party system
@8KT28Z84yrs4Y
No, the electoral college is fair. Not everyone may like it, but since more of the people are in one state, it is only fair that they get more choice in the representation of the nation, and the choosing of the president. With that being said, before the electoral colleges cast their votes, they should take it upon themselves to see what the standings are, and what is best for the nation.
@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.
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