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Medals awarded> Why was an electoral college needed instead of allowing Congress to directly elect the President?

Answer 1

People who cry about "mob rules" are just dumb. Well, mob rules within each state or district, doesn't it? Your candidate gets one more vote than the other guy, so your district's electoral vote goes to you and all the votes against him don't count. That's crap.

Also, the electoral votes for each state are redistributed with every census (done every ten years), so the number of electoral votes that a state has is proportional to the number of people living in that state. People complain about California and New York having too much power without the electoral college, because of their populuations? Well, guess what? They have pretty much the same power right now, because of the electoral college. Getting rid of it would just give a voice to everyone who gets out-voted in their state. You Republicans in New York, you Democrats in Texas -- getting rid of the electoral college would be good for you.

Answer 2

Im learning this

Answer 3

do you have any multiple choice answers ally?

Answer 4

@blahblahwhocares27 Thank you! is there any chance to write it in a less biased way, and summarize it a bit? :)

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_%28United_States%29

This really helped me understand!

Answer 6

The founding fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution. Article II of the Constitution and the 12th Amendment refer to “electors,” but not to the “electoral college.”

Since the Electoral College process is part of the original design of the U.S. Constitution it would be necessary to pass a Constitutional amendment to change this system.

Note that the 12th Amendment, the expansion of voting rights, and the use of the popular vote in the States as the vehicle for selecting electors has substantially changed the process.

Many different proposals to alter the Presidential election process have been offered over the years, such as direct nation-wide election by the People, but none have been passed by Congress and sent to the States for ratification as a Constitutional amendment. Under the most common method for amending the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the States.

Answer 7

No, just typing.

Answer 8

I'm having a bit of trouble putting all this is only 3 or 4 sentences XD lol

Answer 9

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