Inconvenient fact for trumpanzees

[Flash]

But the president isn't supposed to be decided by the number of states. It's supposed to be decided by the people. Often the people pick a Democrat, but the Republican still wins because we have a system that favors state lines.

And the Democrats controlled most states before the party switch. Really, the system favors Conservatives, which are currently the Republicans.

The president is supposed to be decided by the electoral college. The Constitution never included (and still does not) any mention of the people having any role in this process. But the people do essentially decide the presidency by determining which candidate receives their state's electoral votes. It is not decided by who wins the most states but a majority of electoral votes.The system insures more widespread support.

When you say "often the people pick a Democrat, but the Republican still wins...." How often does that happen?

[Nordberg]

The president is supposed to be decided by the electoral college. The Constitution never included (and still does not) any mention of the people having any role in this process. But the people do essentially decide the presidency by determining which candidate receives their state's electoral votes. It is not decided by who wins the most states but a majority of electoral votes.The system insures more widespread support.

When you say "often the people pick a Democrat, but the Republican still wins...." How often does that happen?

3 times. But the constitution was not implementing the electoral college for enlightened reasons. It was to get slave states in the union. I don't think preserving that is worthwhile. It has long outlived its purpose. It now is taking the election from the top vote getter. I am sure the founders did not want that.
About 30 years ago, you could have got Repubs and Dems to abolish it. It was just too much trouble to do it. Changing the constitution is a big job that not only requires the house and senate vote but 3/4rs of the states to ratify.
In 1970, there was a joint resolution to change it. But some senators said it worked for a couple of centuries, why change it. Now we know why.

[StoneByStone]

The president is supposed to be decided by the electoral college. The Constitution never included (and still does not) any mention of the people having any role in this process.

Nope, don't care about muh constitution. Do we have a Democracy or not? If the answer is yes, then the people decide who is in the government.

[Flash]

3 times. But the constitution was not implementing the electoral college for enlightened reasons. It was to get slave states in the union. I don't think preserving that is worthwhile. It has long outlived its purpose. It now is taking the election from the top vote getter. I am sure the founders did not want that.
About 30 years ago, you could have got Repubs and Dems to abolish it. It was just too much trouble to do it. Changing the constitution is a big job that not only requires the house and senate vote but 3/4rs of the states to ratify.
In 1970, there was a joint resolution to change it. But some senators said it worked for a couple of centuries, why change it. Now we know why.

Yes, only 3 (although some would include 1824 and 1876). My point is that it has not been "often." The electoral college has other benefits unrelated to any slavery issues by requiring more widespread support across the country. Regardless of the original intent, we have to look at current benefits.

I don't think we could have ever gotten 3/4 of the states to ratify an amendment to abolish it.

What winning percentage would be required in a direct popular vote?

[Flash]

Nope, don't care about muh constitution. Do we have a Democracy or not? If the answer is yes, then the people decide who is in the government.

No, we are a republic that specifically sought to avoid majority rule.

Does a democracy require a majority vote to win office? Most of our officials do not require a majority to win.

Are any nations a democracy that elects its president by direct popular vote?

[RB 60]

If issues mattered, then the "small government" Conservatives would back candidates like Ron Paul. However, both times he ran, he didn't even come close to winning.
Instead they support Trump who, let's be honest here, is a cult of personality. It doesn't matter that outsourcing has increased under Trump, it doesn't matter that Trump is putting Israel First, it doesn't matter that he couldn't make a deal for the wall, it doesn't matter that he broke nearly all of his promises. All that matters is that he acts the way the Right wants him to.

[Ralph]

You go off on such crazy rants and think you actually said something. Wrong

That's why I am here....its like shooting clay pigeons. Its nothing but practice against children.

[Truth Detector]

ok, banker totalitarian....

[Truth Detector]

Well yeah, that's what makes them urban areas. But most of the land is rural. This rigs the elections for the Republicans as long as we have the electoral college.

No, it doesn't you uneducated fool. Would you like it better if it was "rigged" so that two or three states decided nearly every election?

[Truth Detector]

As much as I'd love to break away from the two party situation we're currently in, I think the best thing is to just say the person with the most votes is the winner. Like even typing that sentence feels weird because how is that not already a thing?!

Never going to happen. Most Americans are much smarter than you and don't want New York and California determining the Presidency every election cycle. If California were still true blue, leftists like you would be bloviating the opposite argument.

[Truth Detector]

But the president isn't supposed to be decided by the number of states. It's supposed to be decided by the people.

Where does the Constitution say that again?

[Truth Detector]

Nope, don't care about muh constitution. Do we have a Democracy or not?

^This is why you cannot argue with the uneducated. It ends up in a circle of never ending stupidity.

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

don't cry, kitten.... you can change!

[Truth Detector]

don't cry, kitten.... you can change!

Now you sound like a loony leftist; how am I crying snowflake?

[Blackwater Lunchbreak]

Now you sound like a loony leftist; how am I crying snowflake?

central banks are specified in the communist manifesto. are you the leftist? or was communism also an elitist movement?