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Showing Original Post only (View all)The Presidency should be decided by popular vote (or not?) [View all]
This poll isn't about this 2012 election, but the theoretical idea that the presidency should be decided directly by the voters and according to the number of popular votes received by a candidate.
Which is fairer?
(no, this is not about any proposals that have floated recently among states, it is about a general idea).
Which do you support?
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The Electoral College should be retained as the means to elect the president | |
7 (21%) |
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The Popular Vote should be the means to elect the president | |
27 (79%) |
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What you're really saying is that the Electoral College is not the worst problem.
JackRiddler
Aug 2012
#26
which is why I didn't use the word "democracy"...that said, we should be "democratic"...
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#24
That is a big problem, but not one I think we'll fix with direct elections & proportional senate
X_Digger
Aug 2012
#54
One think that I think could really help our government is Proportional Representation.
white_wolf
Aug 2012
#62
Fairer to all people because one PERSON in one state would have the same power in another
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#17
Ask anyone in the world if they think the electoral college is 'great' or 'democratic'
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2012
#69
The only reason we had the electoral college in the first place was because of slavery.
Puregonzo1188
Aug 2012
#19
I vote for the electoral college. Not because it's better, but because
OneTenthofOnePercent
Aug 2012
#33
Why do our Presidential elections need middlemen? Jefferson and Madison were against this.
Zorra
Aug 2012
#41