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RE: That was done on purpose to prevent a dictatorship

Posted on: August 2, 2024 at 10:55:42 CT

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It had nothing to do with preventing a dictatorship. It was a compromise between those who wanted Congress to pick a president and those who wanted a popular vote.

Edited by KC rules at 10:57:11 on 08/02/24

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Electoral College reforms ... - Fourth and Long MU - 8/2 10:18:11

RE: Electoral College reforms ... - patriot MU - 8/2 11:45:10

So vote by land mass - meatiger MU - 8/2 10:44:28

I agree, it's stupid.(nm) - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:45:47

On top of that - meatiger MU - 8/2 10:48:15

One day’s travel on horseback. (nm) - haeffb MU - 8/2 10:49:31

Certainly not every state - meatiger MU - 8/2 10:50:06

Or a retarded horse(nm) - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:53:01

Good thing local elections have a lot more impact - Eggs MU - 8/2 10:36:23

Maybe they could start by counting the ballots correctly and - hokie VT - 8/2 10:30:42

Better idea. Let land vote. - haeffb MU - 8/2 10:29:13

How bout you gotta spin a globe and find your state on - cybertyger MU - 8/2 12:27:08

There’s an idea(nm) - redngray MU - 8/2 11:02:42

I don't think it does. - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:30:27

Eliminate - raskolnikov MU - 8/2 10:27:46

also the most wildly successful in the history of Earth (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 8/2 12:02:28

Why does Rask hate the USA? - kp83 MU - 8/2 11:48:07

Pure democracy is stupid. Don't be stupid(nm) - AWOLTiger KC - 8/2 11:18:10

So LA and New York can decide every election. - Tigrrrr! MU

- 8/2 10:50:07

There are other First past the post countries and some do - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:38:47

I think rank voting could be interesting - meatiger MU - 8/2 10:49:31

I might vote if that was the case. - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:54:16

I also understand 75% of the population wouldn't - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:54:53

So dumb people get frustrated and don’t vote. - haeffb MU - 8/2 11:01:23

nah, they'll have operators at their door ensuring they - 90Tiger STL - 8/2 12:04:00

Hopefully(nm) - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 11:05:38

Not sure exactly how it would work - meatiger MU - 8/2 11:00:51

That was done on purpose to prevent a dictatorship - mizzouSECedes STL - 8/2 10:38:45

RE: That was done on purpose to prevent a dictatorship - KC rules MU - 8/2 10:55:42

Yeah, the Founding Fathers and Constitution were Stupid - kp83 MU - 8/2 10:35:53

That would be the clearest path to succession - Th8tnTiger MU - 8/2 10:34:04

Except maybe Venezuela - mu7176grad MU - 8/2 10:33:11

That's a really good point - mizzouSECedes STL - 8/2 10:39:59

I think the easier "reform" would be to allocate Electoral - Spanky KU - 8/2 10:23:39

Modify it slightly - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:21:48

I think this is generally the best - meatiger MU - 8/2 10:45:24

Unfortunately, yes(nm) - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:46:02

The left would never win another election, so won't happen - ZouMiz STL - 8/2 10:25:42

Not sure about that- they win majority in congress and the - CulturedDan KC - 8/2 10:30:01