Should the electoral collage system reorganized to reflect the popular vote?
By drewnel
@drewnel (21)
United States
November 6, 2008 8:49am CST
Why are most states set up on a winner take all basis for the electoral collage? Why not split the votes up for each state based on the proporsion of popular vote for each candidate? Would this type of change make the popular voting more meaningful and the outcome more reflective of the people's will? Remember the 2000 election when Al gore actually won the majority of the popular vote from the peolpe but the election because of the electoral collage system. Fortuately this time aound the decision was moe decisive.
3 responses
@shoffman2000 (560)
• Alexandria, Virginia
6 Nov 08
A little history lesson: The electoral college was a major balancing and compromise so larger populated states would dominate states with lessor populations. This was a good idea then; it is a good idea now. You all need to go to Answers.com and use the search term Electoral College. Knowledge is a powerful tool!!!
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
6 Nov 08
I believe our President should be elected by popular vote. I think that more people would vote if they actually thought their individual vote counted.
@rodney850 (2145)
• United States
6 Nov 08
Drewnel,
I am one of those that believes that, along with labor unions, the electoral college has outlived it's usefullness! Today we have a wealth of information at our fingertips almost as soon as it becomes published. This, I believe, was the underlying reason for the establishing of the electoral college because news traveled slow early in our country's history and some people might not have been as well informed as they should. To me (IMHO) the electoral college takes away the concept of "one person, one vote"! I didn't vote for Al Gore in 2000 so this would have been a time the abolishment of the electoral college would have worked against my vote but I would still feel that it was more fair than the electoral college.
