Posted on Apr 15, 2015
Should the congress consider using the Popular Vote to elect the President and do away with the Electorial Vote.
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Who ever gets the majority of the votes should be elected President of the United States. Agree or disagree?
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I'm amazed at how few responses this got! issue is getting a lot of attention since the 2016 election; the National Popular Vote Act which I support has generated much of it.
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Yes. The electoral college generally votes with their majority (popularity) vote anyway, however they are not required to and have gone against it in the past. I would say if we truly want to say that we the people choose who leads us then it should be by the popular vote. This would also likely cause an increase in the amount of voters as they actually feel like their vote counts amongst the millions of others.
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TSgt (Join to see)
So, you're good with only the people of LA and NYC selecting the president? Consider this, the population of these two cities outnumber the rest of the nation. You quite literally are telling people who live in Bellville, Illinois their votes no longer count in any way shape or form. The Electoral College requires candidates to campaign across this nation and not just in two or three large population centers.
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SrA Matthew Knight
Considering the amount of electoral college votes that those states have and their importance to each candidate in the first place I doubt it would change much. They already have more power to swing the vote either way then my home state which had 3 votes last election to CA's 55 and NY's 29.
In the 2012 election President Obama received 332 out of 538 electoral votes (62%). Romney on the other side received 206 electoral votes (38%). Obama won the electoral votes of both New York and California. That is a considerable gap between the two leaning towards President Obama. With the popular vote however President Obama received around 65.9 million votes (51%) to Mitt Romney's 60.9 million votes (47%). A much closer gap and a truer representation of the American people's opinion towards the candidates. It is already one of the candidates biggest challenges to win those states, that wouldn't change but where as an entire states electoral college votes usually for one candidate a popular vote could show part of NYC voting one way and part another. I would feel like my vote counts for more in a popular vote situation then it does when I have 3 representatives who might go for who I like or they might give those 3 possibly crucial votes to the other candidate despite the majority of the state voting otherwise.
That's my opinion on it.
In the 2012 election President Obama received 332 out of 538 electoral votes (62%). Romney on the other side received 206 electoral votes (38%). Obama won the electoral votes of both New York and California. That is a considerable gap between the two leaning towards President Obama. With the popular vote however President Obama received around 65.9 million votes (51%) to Mitt Romney's 60.9 million votes (47%). A much closer gap and a truer representation of the American people's opinion towards the candidates. It is already one of the candidates biggest challenges to win those states, that wouldn't change but where as an entire states electoral college votes usually for one candidate a popular vote could show part of NYC voting one way and part another. I would feel like my vote counts for more in a popular vote situation then it does when I have 3 representatives who might go for who I like or they might give those 3 possibly crucial votes to the other candidate despite the majority of the state voting otherwise.
That's my opinion on it.
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SFC (Join to see)
TSgt (Join to see), I get the point you’re making, but the majority of the 300 million Americans do NOT live in two cities.
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