Main > Everything Else
1000 Reasons not to vote for GW
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 13, 2004, 09:57:14 am ---what the hell is the electoral college?
--- End quote ---
It's an American thing... Each state is given X amount of points. And if someone has 1 vote more the next, they win the state and X amount of points. And someone needs X (270?) amount of points to win the election.
So, someone who has more actual votes can lose the election, as they didn't win the electoral vote. Just like what happened in 2000, Gore had more votes, but Bush won cause he had more electoral points.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: GGKoul on October 13, 2004, 10:55:58 am ---
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on October 13, 2004, 09:57:14 am ---what the hell is the electoral college?
--- End quote ---
It's an American thing... Each state is given X amount of points. And if someone has 1 vote more the next, they win the state and X amount of points. And someone needs X (270?) amount of points to win the election.
So, someone who has more actual votes can lose the election, as they didn't will the electoral vote. Just like what happened in 2000, Gore had more votes, but Bush won cause he had more electoral points.
--- End quote ---
Bush didn't just win, we all won that year.
fredster:
The electoral college is designed to offset the urban or highly populace areas from the rest of the country. That was the issue in Fla. Fla had 25 electorial votes. It takes what, about 270 to win the presidency. 25 is almost 10% of the way.
Each state is assigned a number of electorial votes based on population. If a person wins 50.001% of the vote, he gets all of the electorial votes for the state. Winner take all per state.
If a president won only by the popular vote, he would only have to campaign in about 1/3 of the country and appeal to them. The rest of the country's vote would be worthless. New York and LA would define the course of the nation. Without the electorial college the whole voting landscape would change. Eventually ONLY the 1/3 would vote.
Mameotron:
I really should clarify my "electoral college crap" remark. I do think it is a good idea, for all the reasons fredster just pointed out.
What I meant was, don't start whining that I'm a democrat that lives in a republican state, Bush is gonna take the state, my vote doesn't count, waah waah waah....
DYNAGOD:
the electoral college is a complete friggin farce, and should be removed post haste..it is not a good idea, never was and never will be..its a crime..a crime against the foundation of our constitution..
last time i checked a vote means we all put our vote in a hat, count em up and whomever has the most votes wins..
thats whats a REAL election is...
the founders of this nation never intended for the notion of an election to be anything more than that....the number of people in a state , and it size are irrelevant..WE ARE ALL AMERICANS!
points?? what the hell is this a video game? this is our nations election! an election that appoints someone whom is quite possibly to become the most powerful leader on the planet earth.. i want our votes counted,a winner announced by volume, and beyond that nothing more..
what possible reason could there be for it to be any other way,except corruption ,in the most literal sense of the word..