OK this is pure politics, not even computer related much less PHP. But... there seems to be a lot of anti-federalist viewpoints on this list, I can't keep my mouth shut :)
There are some good arguments for the EC. It was not designed to keep us from having "too much democracy" as some claim. Quite the opposite. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4127863 http://uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_procon.php http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/16/the_brilliance_of_the_electoral_college/ basically, without it no candidate would ever visit any state except NY, FL and CA. It ensures small rural areas have a meaningful role. It helps save us from "tyranny of the majority" which is where "2 wolves and a sheep vote on what to have for dinner" So a lot of people don't understand it, and 3 times out of 54 a popular vote loser has become president - but elections are not supposed to just be a mere popularity contest anyway. I'll go back to my libertarian message boards now :) Sam On Thursday 28 August 2008 10:25, you wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, David Krings wrote: > > And in > > presidential elections all that to elect 100 people that nobody ever > > knows about and who are not bound by the will of the people. > > The electoral college and delegates are the fatal flaw in the system, > allowing for the will of the people to be subverted... _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
