The electoral college was chosen over direct election because the founding fathers thought people were too stupid to correctly vote. as anon said " For instance, a candidate could have 85% of all votes in the popular vote, but if 270 votes in the electoral college are in favor of another candidate, that one is the one that becomes president. This was originally set up because a lot of people in the early US were completely uneducated, or didn't have access to the polls. Outdated now, but it's written in to the basic workings of the US, so we're stuck with it."

I don't agree that we're stuck with it.

In the presidential election, there are a total of x votes, where x is the total number of electors from every state, which is proportional to the population of each state (and also equal to the number of senators and representatives given to each state). These electors are in turn voted in by said population during the presidential election; when you vote, you aren't voting for a president, you're voting for a guy who promises to vote for that president. The popular vote is the majority vote among these electors, and every vote regardless of it's original direction goes towards the popular vote by the end of the election.

This means that in republican states, such as Texas and Idaho, democratic votes literally don't matter, and visa versa. The only states where YOUR vote matters are swing states, such as Florida and New Hampshire, which are states where the electoral votes are very close. This man's vote basically doesn't matter, because even in swing states, it is extremely rare for the election to come down to one single vote.

I'm aware of this. I'm questioning why theintercourser thinks that the fact that some people are less wise with their voting than others is a reason for the electoral college's existence.

The electoral college was chosen over direct election because the founding fathers thought people were too stupid to correctly vote. as anon said " For instance, a candidate could have 85% of all votes in the popular vote, but if 270 votes in the electoral college are in favor of another candidate, that one is the one that becomes president. This was originally set up because a lot of people in the early US were completely uneducated, or didn't have access to the polls. Outdated now, but it's written in to the basic workings of the US, so we're stuck with it."

I don't agree that we're stuck with it.

Trump is orange though

hivemind

the cake is in the pan

She's not dense.

He's unattractive.

Hey, someone used my picture. Neat.

never seen it, but that looks like the collar to a plug suit. So I'm gonna guess one of the Evangelion movies

That sounds right.

You're right, he did it with the intention of spoiling it to people, spoiler button or not. Even outside FJ it is common decency to put an actual spoiler warning informing what the spoiler's about before the spoiler button. But honestly anyone coming down to the comment section on this kind of content and not expecting a spoiler is pretty fucking naive or doesn't really mind the spoilers that much.