On Monday 29 August 2005 05:23 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: > Katipo wrote: > > David Jardine wrote: > >> I still don't see the difference between "mob rule" (as used here) and > >> democracy - and how electoral colleges produce the latter rather than > >> the former. > > > > That's what I said. > > Because the original intent of the Electoral College was for the people > to elect representatives who would then look into and considered all > candidates for the Presidency and cast votes in accordance with whom they > felt was the best person for the job.
No, it was in hopes that out of each state, there would be at least N number of people who knew how to read. Literacy wasn't something the US could brag about in the late 1700s. Given that English literacy is easily 90+% and the advent of television (as poor of an information source as it may be), the EC is thoroughly obsolete in it's purpose. > This was in the time when mass media > didn't exist and it was felt that the general population couldn't really > gather enough information on any candidates outside a small radius of where > they lived geographically. They could, however, learn about the people > they were to elect to the EC. Even though it doesn't make a lick of difference because they are still appointed, not elected. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
