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Anonymous · 03-1-2004, 01:08 AM

You guys dont get it, the electoral college is not about representing the people, it about protecting the people and giving them a more informed vote.

You see with the EC, a canidate gets that state's votes if they have the majority. Let's take a fictional 10million voter state. 70% votes democrat. The other 30% goes republican. If this was a majority vote rules election, the democrats could employ force and intimidation at voting stations and force the republicans to vote the other way, thus getting or negating votes.

Example? When blacks got a limited right to vote in the 1870s in the south, they were intimidated from voting by the KKK.

The EC encourages the canidates to try to win votes in places where they dont have the majority. For example, if bush tried to win votes in Texas, he would be wasting his time. That gives him major incentive to visit other parts of the country.

Also, it prevents the whole recount thing in the 2000 election. With the EC, you recount one state. In a majority rules, you would have to recount ALL THE STATES.

The US uses the electoral college because majority rules has too many problems associated with it.

03-1-2004, 01:08 AM	#16
Anonymous FFR Player Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,088	You guys dont get it, the electoral college is not about representing the people, it about protecting the people and giving them a more informed vote. You see with the EC, a canidate gets that state's votes if they have the majority. Let's take a fictional 10million voter state. 70% votes democrat. The other 30% goes republican. If this was a majority vote rules election, the democrats could employ force and intimidation at voting stations and force the republicans to vote the other way, thus getting or negating votes. Example? When blacks got a limited right to vote in the 1870s in the south, they were intimidated from voting by the KKK. The EC encourages the canidates to try to win votes in places where they dont have the majority. For example, if bush tried to win votes in Texas, he would be wasting his time. That gives him major incentive to visit other parts of the country. Also, it prevents the whole recount thing in the 2000 election. With the EC, you recount one state. In a majority rules, you would have to recount ALL THE STATES. The US uses the electoral college because majority rules has too many problems associated with it.