You don't have the right to vote for a presidential candidate. No where in the Constitution does it give you that right.
The government was not setup that way. To change that would be a change to the fundamentals of the US. The President is the head of the Republic, not the democracy. The head of a republic is not voted in by the people, that person is voted in by the representatives voted in by the people. The office of the President was not intended to be something that would play to the whims of the people. It was intended to be a conservative office where the State Legislatures send electors to vote for the office. In my opinion this is the best way to do it, the states have the power. Also keep in mind much of the Electoral College is still based on the state. Some states will split their electoral votes based on their congressional district. But most (48 I think) send the complete set with the same vote. This is a state decision, not a federal one. The states have set their laws this way. The point was so their state would speak with a common voice, not a mixed one, which portrays more solidarity. The states could change this, and create a system that allowed each district to send an elector based on the districts, it would give more power to the people. But again, this won't happen. The state looses some of its power that way. To answer your question, People choose to vote for a candidate for a number of reasons, but without a clear majority the election is tainted. If nobody gets more than half then there isn't a stunning endorsement. > -----Original Message----- > How does giving the person who got the most votes the presidency deny > anyone > their rights? What rights are you speaking of? > > IYO. > IMO the electoral college denies me my right to vote for a presidential > candidate. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
