At 18:32 17-12-00 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
> >Irrelevant. I can accept that you want to protect sparsely populated areas
> >when dividing seats in Congress.
>
>If you can understand it for the Legislative Branch, why not for the
>Executive Branch?
I've heard these terms, but as a non-US citizen I'm not quite sure what the
Legislative Branch and Executive Branch are. Please explain.
> > However, this election is not about
> >*states* getting representation, but about asking the *population* which
> >*person* they want to be the next president. As explained before, due to
> >the electoral college system the outcome of the election does not
> >accurately represent the will of the people and is therefore not truly
> >democratic.
>
>And why is a simple direct popular vote the best way to do that?
Plain and simple logic. You ask millions of people "which person do you
want to be president". If candidate gets more votes than candidate B, it
means the majority of the people want A as their leader. The outcome
accurately reflects the will of the people.
Besides, it's more economical because you don't have to spend loads of time
and money on the second round of elections (the electoral college). Hey,
you're saving money that way -- that should appeal to you capitalists! <grin>
>After all, which President would be more representative of the people:
>A) A President who has the narrow support of the urban coastal areas,
>producing a narrow overall popular majority, and little support from the
>vast central rural areas?
>B) A President with overwhelming support of the vast central rural areas,
>and a decent minority of support in the urban coastal areas?
As said before: the president which gets the most support (= votes) from
the people.
>Why are you so convinced that candidate A is automatically a better
>representative of the people than candidate B?
I'm not saying that; I'm saying that the better representative (according
to the people) is the one who gets the most popular vote. I don't make a
distinction between areas in the country.
>Why are you perfectly fine with making the legislative branch of the
>government accountable to rural areas, but are so upset with any attempt to
>make the executvie branch of the government accountable to the
>less-populated areas?
See my question above.
Jeroen
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