This November, I will vote in my first presidential election. Yes, I'm excited. As a result of this new civic responsibility, I am trying to become an informed voter. As I'm reading about candidates and polls and primary results, I am remembering this thing called the "electoral college" that we learned about in 9th grade.
Here is my frustration (which i'm sure that A LOT of people have thought about):
Why do we still have the electoral college?
I understand that the electoral college served it's purpose back in the day. However, we are an educated nation. Are we not capable of electing a president purely on the popular vote?
I could go on but, I'm interested to hear what Caldwell and my bro and especially my cousin have to say about this!
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No, we as American people are not capable of popularly voting for the correct president. Case in point: past American Idol winners...hahaha
In what better way can we prove to the voter that their vote matters than to have the winner of the greatest number of votes be declared president?
I agree, lets get rid of it. Additionally, I would love to discuss the candidates with you. Not that my facebook profile makes it obvious that I'm biased on the subject... =)
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