Will the Electoral College screw up another election?

[cnm]

He is. All Democrats want a straight DEMOCRACY.

See?

This is the sort of douchery your system has to deal with.

 

[cnm]

So, mob rule is cool as long as it is a smaller mob.

Got it!

Amazing, isn't it?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

The Electoral College is a dinosaur!

“It wasn’t like the Founders said, ‘Hey, what a great idea! This is the preferred way to select the chief executive, period,’” says Edwards. “They were tired, impatient, frustrated. They cobbled together this plan because they couldn’t agree on anything else.”

Why Was the Electoral College Created? | HISTORY

The Founding Fathers had to compromise when it came to devising a system to elect the president.

www.history.com

LMAO! So after all that great work on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution they just got to the electing a president part and we’re like eh, fuck it, close enough.

Retard.

 

[BluesLegend]

It is a curse on democrats only. It prevents mob rule.
It prevents 2-3 states from determining the outcome of every election.
It gives a voice to every state and to all of us.

Only a communist would want to get rid of it. Don't hold your breath.
Look at the commie.

It PREVENTS politicians from ignoring half the country and funneling all the PORK to just a few states.

 

[Rogue AI]

How big does a mob have to be to be called a mob?

What is your silly fixation on that term? You folks are either simple-minded or unable to address the real issue at hand.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Seven swing states out of the whole country, isn't it?

Courtesy of the EC.

Yep, and what’s your problem with it?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

How big does a mob have to be to be called a mob?

We don’t deal in mobs. We deal in individuals.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

What is your silly fixation on that term? You folks are either simple-minded or unable to address the real issue at hand.

He saw it in a dnc email once.

 

[BluesLegend]

IF the shoe was on the other foot and the Republicans were able to muster more total votes then Dems would be screaming bloody murder if anyone suggested getting rid of the electoral college.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

IF the shoe was on the other foot and the Republicans were able to muster more total votes then Dems would be screaming bloody murder if anyone suggested getting rid of the electoral college.

It’s a pipe dream anyway. It would take a Constitutional amendment to get rid of it and that’s never going to happen.

 

[cnm]

Look jackal, first of all, WHO is a slave owner?

James Madison grew up on a slave plantation. He whimpered about pure democracy. What a definition of a pure democracy. What a maroon!

Founders Online: The Federalist Number 10, [22 November] 1787

The Federalist Number 10, [22 November] 1787

founders.archives.gov

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From this view of the subject, it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society, consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert results from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party, or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is, that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives, as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed, that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized, and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.​

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A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking. Let us examine the points in which it varies from pure democracy, and we shall comprehend both the nature of the cure, and the efficacy which it must derive from the union.​

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The two great points of difference between a democracy and a republic, are first, the delegation of the government, in the latter, to a small number of citizens elected by the rest; secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.​

 

[BluesLegend]

It’s a pipe dream anyway. It would take a Constitutional amendment to get rid of it and that’s never going to happen.

You assume Democrats obey the law and Constitution. Democrats pass unconstitutional laws, legislation and EO's all the time.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

You assume Democrats obey the law and Constitution. Democrats pass unconstitutional laws, legislation and EO's all the time.

True, that’s why they’re so upset about the SCOTUS.

 

[cnm]

Yep, and what’s your problem with it?

No problem, I think it's very funny that the EC arrangement brings a presidential election down to seven states, ignoring the rest of the country while people wibble about representation.

It reinforces my preconceptions about slack jawed yokels.

 

[cnm]

What is your silly fixation on that term? You folks are either simple-minded or unable to address the real issue at hand.

The term you raised? I think you need more training.

That is their voice, through their representatives. This false notion that mob rule has ever been acceptable is ridiculous.

 

[cnm]

We don’t deal in mobs. We deal in individuals.

The whole point is the EC does not deal in individuals.

 

[cnm]

It PREVENTS politicians from ignoring half the country and funneling all the PORK to just a few states.

Yeah, now they've got it up to 7 states!

Much better.

 

[candycorn]

As opposed to seven swing states?

Well, there used to be nine swing states. Now it may be 7. In 4 or 8 years with different candidates, maybe you have 11..maybe you have 5. There is some consolidation going on...true. I’d rather have the candidates showing up in medium sized cities than doing everything in the coastal mega cities only.

Not only is it geography, it’s a different worldview.

Good stuff.

 

[OKTexas]

How big does a mob have to be to be called a mob?

Two wolves and a lamb deciding what's for dinner.

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[hadit]

Good that you’re finally learning something.

I always knew that. I thought it was common knowledge.