On Sunday 28 August 2005 06:48 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 05:50:48PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Sunday 28 August 2005 04:51 pm, John Hasler wrote: > > > > 20% approval ratings from it's own citizens. That speaks fathoms > > > > about how trustworthy the US government is right now. > > > > > > Those are the same citizens who elected George Bush. Their opinions > > > are irrelevant. > > > > That's not how it works. Only 537 people are allowed to vote for > > president in the United States, and their votes are not legally bound to > > the popular vote for the state they represent in most states. Americans > > cannot vote for their own president. > > That's like saying that American's don't get to pass their own laws > since only 537 people can initiate/vote on federal legislation. The > electoral college has a very specific purpose, to prevent the mob rule > from swaying election results.
And yet it enables it so well... > Not to say that what the people want/think is unimportant, because it is. > However, if we had direct popular election of the President, we would have a > situation where the candidates would only need to campaign in the most > populous/densely populated areas. Until each state gets exactly the same number of votes, this is true anyway. Otherwise it's just straw. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
