I dunno, I think the electoral college works. I think without it, candidates would pander to a few major population centers and the people in the middle would be left out.
You only have to declare your party to vote in primaries. Everybody can vote in the general elections. This is a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy. It is the President of the States, not of the people. > -----Original Message----- > From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 3:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Seems the administration lied about the trailers too > > Oh come on, that method is fundamentally flawed. > > What is wrong with a popular vote? > > I also think we need to fix more than that in the federal election > methods. > States should have no say over who votes for federal offices and officers. > > I know some states you HAVE to declare your party to be able to take part > in > the elections at any real level. It's silly. What's wrong with the idea > of > one man one vote? > > I'm not saying we vote on every issue, I dislike the idea of true > democracy. > However representative democracy is where its at. > > I hate the political parties. Should just be voting for a man (or woman) > whose history, positions and plank match your own beliefs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203979 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
