Or in this case did not work. It's the business of the college to overrule the voters when in their judgment the voter's judgment needs overruling. That they did not, and at the time there were news reports that suggested that some college members wanted to, suggests a significant failure of the system. It takes courage to stand against the crowd; they didn't have it, even when the popular vote was for Clinton.how the electoral college system works, — Arkady
This is no simple subject. But notwithstanding any law - and I believe the states control their electors - I cannot imagine any elector accepting the notion that his or her vote was purely a rubber stamp and nothing else. Pretty clearly almost all understand that crossing the popular vote is an invitation for trouble, but as I understand their purpose for being, it is exactly to take on that trouble, when and if it seems the better course. — Arkady
The base debate at the creation of the US was the role/power of the the Central government in relation to the power of the individual states. The creation of the electoral college was in relation to this. The less populated states feared that the heavily populated states could dominate a popular election and thereby impose undo power on the less populated states. The electoral college was a way to mitigate that imbalance. — Rank Amateur
The base debate at the creation of the US was the role/power of the the Central government in relation to the power of the individual states. The creation of the electoral college was in relation to this. The less populated states feared that the heavily populated states could dominate a popular election and thereby impose undo power on the less populated states. The electoral college was a way to mitigate that imbalance. — Rank Amateur
You're stuck with either tyranny of the majority or tyranny of the minority. I'll take the majority — ProbablyTrue
The fear is that a handful of populous states could, through an exercise of federal power, overrule issues states see as their job. — Rank Amateur
- @Frank ApisaThe Special Olympics suck...waste of time and money!
Or at least, that apparently is what the Trump administration thinks.
Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos certainly feels okay with that sentiment…even though she was not able to estimate the number of kids who would be impacted by the $18,000,000 in cuts. (272,000 is the number.)
Hey…it was a worthwhile trade-off for the Trump people. The very wealthy got large tax cuts…and the kids, who don't even vote, got screwed.
Sounds like par for the course to me.
I understand that green fonts denote sarcasm in Internet postings.
Don't have font colors here...so, if it is not too much trouble, color this post GREEN!
Or at least, that apparently is what the Trump administration thinks.
Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos certainly feels okay with that sentiment…even though she was not able to estimate the number of kids who would be impacted by the $18,000,000 in cuts. (272,000 is the number.)
Hey…it was a worthwhile trade-off for the Trump people. The very wealthy got large tax cuts…and the kids, who don't even vote, got screwed.
Sounds like par for the course to me.
I understand that green fonts denote sarcasm in Internet postings.
Don't have font colors here...so, if it is not too much trouble, color this post GREEN!
- Frank Apisa
What does anyone else think of this? — OpinionsMatter
No problem! I had it formatted to green for you as well, but unfortunately when I copied and pasted it didn't stay green. — OpinionsMatter
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