People don't seem to understand that they have *never* voted for president in their lives. States vote for president. Always did.

"If voting really mattered, they wouldn't let us do it." - Sam Clemens in response to the Electoral College

As a non American I find this whole discussion fascinating and see the arguments from both sides. I admit my first reaction to the EC was that is was a bit crazy and undemocratic but then as has been argued, the US is not truly a democracy but a democratic republic. It really is interesting. Personally I think focusing on voter suppression issues and donor transparency are more important to address right now.

USA needs more competition. Two political parties sponsored by same corporations is not democratic.

Before clicking on this, I knew they were gonna go with the ol' Electoral College is racist argument.

The whole point of the electoral college is so that the minorities in thought will have a larger voice than they would in a popular vote. It prevents pure mob rule, which is good. For example, California is always going to vote what’s best for California, not what’s best for Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The electoral college gives Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming a larger voice in what is important to them. If anyone replies, please keep it respectful to others in the reply section.

Absent the electoral college, only a handful of densely populated areas would have a voice. You would have less diversity of experience and perspective in our political conversation and contests. Politicians would only court citizens of the largest cities, neglecting the needs of smaller and mid-sized communities. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago would control the presidential election.

There's a reason the founding fathers did it this way. They thought of this stuff back then.

y'all's voting system is so weird USA - I dont know why any of you bother voting - because twice now in my lifetime - the candidate who got the MOST votes somehow lost? Both Democrats suspiciously. If the delegates and super delagates vote counts for FOR than the avererage citizen, then whats the point? Thats not fair at all.

I say compromise. Keep the electoral college but get rid of the state level winner take all. Break it up to each district to select their elector. It would be a much more accurate view of how people think across the country.

Get rid of daylight savings too

Somehow people are making the argument that majority land rule is more virtuous than every vote counting equally. You will never convince me that land mass, or low population, should increase the weight of someone's vote. Cities are not a monolith of culture. They are filled with millions of different people. The number of people in these interviews, and comments, who dismiss all people living in cities is disturbing.

I was hopping for more , this was so one sided that looks like propaganda. Then they ask why “news organizations “ are dying. And is not that I believe in the electoral college (in my country we don’t have one) I was expecting more.

The people who understand the importance of the Electoral College and the need to educate Americans on why we have these institutions in the first place have clearly paid attention in their American history class. Without an electoral college the fundamental disagreements of the 1776 delegation come back into clear focus and the country either falls into a large scale bleeding kansas trap or simply breaks apart.

They should extend it somehow to separate large metropolitan areas from the rest of the state they are in.

As European, for me electoral college is not a main problem, but winner takes all system is a problem. In EU we also have to make sure that small states votes are more valuable per 1 vote to make sure that big European states don't simply overrule them with massive sizes of their populations (e.g. germany vs Nordic states). Small states can successfully lobby their interests, if they form coalitions with other states. So electoral collage kinda serve same purpose (aside original idea behind it, which is making sure that "elite and educated" electors would prevent giving presidency to unfit populists. That would include voting against population wishes). What I would change is, how states is choosing their electors, thats it proportionally to each state's elections. Its really unfair that if you are republican in california or democrat in texas, you basically have no say on who will be president. If electors would vote proportionally, according to population wishes in each state, that would make everybody's vote much more valuable, in the end making all states way more attractive for potential candidates to visit and lobby. But of course to change that, you would have to change electoral laws in each state separately, aside those few which already have those laws like Maine.

The States is the only country on earth that abides by the "electoral college". I not only find that disturbing to democracy but also embarrassing.

No one talks about how a national popular vote would change if that's what elected the President. For one thing, candidates would need to raise MUCH more money to campaign successfully nationwide instead of in a few swing states. The incentive to commit massive electoral fraud in one or a few states would increase, because that would change the national totals. And a national recount of a close election would be a national nightmare. Instead, adjust the Electoral College winner-takes-all formula so that it remains winner-takes-all in each state where the leader finished ahead by 2% or more (the non-swing states) but shares the EC delegates linearly among the top two finishers in states where the lead is less than 2%. For example, if the lead is negligible (like Florida in 2000) the top two candidates would equally split the state's EC delegates. If the lead is 1%, the leader would receive three fourths of the delegates and the 2nd place finisher would receive one fourth. Etc. This "hybrid" EC formula would eliminate all the drama and greatly reduce the incentives for fraud, interference, and recounts, because a small change of votes in any state would not change the EC totals by more than one or two delegates... almost never enough to change the overall winner.

It seems odd that California only gets 2 senators with a population of 40 million people and Wyoming gets the same amount with a population of half a million who live a far more rural existence. Slavery played a part in creating the Electoral college. Districting continues to play a part in discrimination for marginal communities.

Damn. This is straight up propaganda without presenting an understanding of how the electoral college protects a democratic republic.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy. Liu Xiaobo

1 man - 1 vote !!! Who wins popular votes he should be the next president of the usa like in every other democracy in the world

I'd have no problems with the electoral college if they got rid of the winner take all rule.

Interesting video. I like that y’all showed some actual arguments in favor of the electoral college- even if I disagree with them, at least they were presented easily and I can understand where they were coming from. Thanks!

This will never happen because it will open up the door for a 3rd party candidate

27 Points to Reform US Democracy and the Electoral System. 1) Shorten the Election Campaigns to 4-8 weeks maximum (like most other advanced democracies. This also helps to get money out of politics). Ridiculously long campaigns (18mths) are a waste of money, resources and time; time that should be spent governing the country and providing social programs for citizens needs, not campaigning for re-election. 2) Campaign finance reform (donations only via private citizens with strict donation limits, ban corporate funding and influence). 3) Voting Days to be held on the weekend (not Tuesday), and possibly in conjugation with Veteran’s Day Holiday. (Make it easier for all citizens to be able to vote). 4) Go back to reliable ‘hand marked pen and paper’ ballots publicly counted and scrutinized. Design simple to understand paper ballots, and do NOT use ‘Black Box’ electronic voting machines (EVMs) or ballot marking devices (BMDs), because any electronic devices are too easily hacked or manipulated to rig voting figures even if using ‘block-chain’ technology. Cyber-attacks can also be undetectable. www.coindesk.com/mit-paper-rejects-blockchain-based-voting-systems-elections Paper ballots are more reliable and can be recounted if necessary. Democracy is too important to allow the possibility for cheating. 5) Stringent independent election audits to oversee and verify the result and eradicate election fraud. 6) Eliminate/abolish the Electoral College (Article 2, Section 1, of The Constitution). This would normally be difficult, because the Electoral College is constitutionally mandated, and abolishing it would require a constitutional amendment. Over the past 200 years more than 700 proposals have been introduced in Congress to reform or eliminate the Electoral College - without any becoming law. It requires two thirds of the House, two thirds of the Senate, and three quarters of the States to vote in favor. There is another easier way to effectively end the Electoral College without technically abolishing it. Agreement of the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. An organization called the ‘National Popular Vote Interstate Compact’ (NPVIC) is pushing to eliminate the Electoral College without tampering with the Constitution. Once the NPVIC has reached 270 electoral votes, the passed bills from all the states will kick in and guarantee that the candidate with the highest vote total nationwide would become the president. So far, 15 states (CA, IL, NY, CO, CT, MD, MA, NJ, NM, OR, WA, DE, HI, RI, VT) and the District of Columbia (Total = 196 electoral votes) have committed to the cause. The bill has also passed at least one chamber in 9 additional states with 88 more electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, VA). So, we need 74 more electoral votes to eliminate the unfair influence of the Electoral College. A total of 3,408 state legislators from all 50 states have endorsed it. www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation *American citizens need to become politically active to make this happen before the 2024 election. 7) Need for more political party diversity. Break-up the duopoly of the 2 major political parties (Democrats and Republicans) which has become an unofficial coalition serving only their corporate donors. Give voters real political choices rather than just the illusion of choice with just these 2 corrupted major political parties by corporate interests. There’s a need for at least a 3rd major party, possibly 4 or 5 major political parties like other advanced democratic countries. This would break up the duopoly, diversify the political landscape, and reduce the influence of corporate money corrupting the democratic system. 8) Get rid of First Past the Post (FPP) (sometimes called plurality) voting, and introduce some form of Proportional Representation (PR) Rank Choice Voting (RCV) preferably - Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP(R) with Multi-Member Districts. MMP has voters select both a candidate in their local district and a party they'd like to win a majority. Everyone who wins a district gets a seat, and then additional seats are given out to ensure that parties are represented in proportion to their share of the party vote. This has a number of advantages. Unlike party list representation, people still have representatives with at least some ties to their local area. Voters get 2 votes: one for their local representative, and one for their favorite party. Mixed Member Proportional has familiar local representatives, and simple ballot. 9) Standardize the voting system nationally across all states. 10) Eliminate the need for political party registration (there’s no need to be affiliated to any political party, and it only encourages gerrymandering). No one should be loyal to just one political party. Force political parties to concentrate on policy to attract your vote. 11) Have polling stations available at all public schools (there must be enough polling places for everyone) 12) Ban voter suppression, introduce a 28th Amendment for the right of every citizen 18 years old and over the right to vote, or introduce mandatory voting (every eligible citizen votes - $50 fine if you don't vote) Australia has mandatory voting and because of this 95% voter turnout. By contrast in the US millions of voters are purged from voter rolls, and at least 40% of provisional ballots are thrown in the trash can and not counted. It’s just another method of rigging the electoral system. 13) Ban gerrymandering of districts to favor one political party. Independent commission should draw district lines, not partisan political parties. Voters should pick their politicians, NOT politicians their voters. 14) *Consider a Unicameral Congress (only House of Representatives needed to pass Bills. There's no need for the Senate to pass Bills, so situations like McConnell and the filibuster holding up important legislation cannot happen). *(NZ is an advanced democracy and has a Unicameral Parliament which works very efficiently). *(a Unicameral System is also one step closer to a direct democracy of all the common people). Unicameral System: www.investopedia.com/terms/u/unicameral-system.asp Bicameral System: www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bicameral-system.asp (*The majority of international governments use the unicameral system-with a roughly 60/40 split between unicameral and bicameral.) The only other option other than a unicameral system, is to make it mandatory for Bills passed in the House MUST be voted on immediately in the Senate. Mitch McConnell has sat on hundreds of Bills effectively blocking them from passing. 15) Have all sessions in Congress live streamed, so the public can view what is going on, and who is voting for what policies. Make politicians accountable. 16) Term limits on all politicians (Congressman and Senators) and judges (in particular Supreme Court justices - no lifetime appointments). 17) Balance the Supreme Court with non-partisan, impartial judges. Have rigorous vetting and confirmation process. (Amy Coney Barrett couldn’t even recite the rights of the 1st Amendment) 18) Voting Rights Act upgraded. 19) Election security strengthened. (Cyber security, independent scrutiny and audits) 20) Introduce political education into high schools at age 16 and older to prepare for voting. New voters need to understand how democratic systems work, how important it is to vote, how to engage in political activism, how laws are passed and brought into effect, how to interpret the Political Compass accurately (e.g. social democracy is NOT socialism or communism), how to understand Monetary policy (interest rates and the supply of money in circulation, generally managed by Central Bank), how to understand Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), how to understand Fiscal policy (taxation and government spending, generally determined by government legislation), how to understand media bias, how to identify fake news and conspiracy theories, and how to fact check and use critical thinking skills etc. 21) Mainstream and Social Media restrictions on advertising, disinformation and propaganda generally and particularly during elections (e.g. Facebook/Cambridge Analytica, Trump’s Tweets, FOX propaganda, disinformation and opinion reporting e.g. Hannity, Ingraham, Carlson, Dobbs, Pirro etc.) 22) Media Blackout before election (possibly 72 hours before and on voting days themselves) 23) Install an independent Election Management Body (EMB) to be responsible for the polling, conducting and tabulating of votes in elections and referenda, and the registration of political parties, oversight of campaign finance, design of the ballot papers, drawing of electoral boundaries, resolution of electoral disputes, civic and voter education and media monitoring for the safeguarding the legitimacy of democratic institutions and the peaceful transitions of power. They need to ensure all aspects of any electoral contest meets global norms and follows the fundamental guiding principles of elections, including independence, impartiality, integrity, transparency, efficiency, professionalism and service-mindedness, that perform in the best interest of the voters. 24) Abolish Justice Dept. memo that says a sitting president cannot be indicted for crimes committed. 25) Tighten the control of the President’s pardon power. Criminals MUST be held accountable for their crimes. 26) Transfer of power to take place immediately a new President is elected. (U.K. is able to transfer power within a few days). 27) On policies, provide universal health care and government funded tertiary education. Raise minimum wage. Federally guaranteed jobs to upgrade infrastructure and transition away from fossil fuels ASAP. Implement the ‘Green New Deal’. Cut military spending, and divert the funds instead to social programs.

The electoral college is as important as any part of the constitution. Majority rule often leads to civil unrest and our framers knew that and structured the constitution against it. America is a large diverse country. The largest cities ruling the entire country will not end well

In just a 24 yr span (1992-2016) the Presidency of the United States was given to FOUR candidates who failed to win a majority of the popular vote, nationally: (Not just Bush43 & Trump, but ALSO Bill Clinton, in BOTH of his elections).

I could cope w/it if every elector represented roughly the same amount of ppl. But when an elector from NY has to be representative of, & I'm just pulling this # outta the air, but say 25,000 ppl, & an Idaho elector only representative of, & again, let's just say 8,000 ppl... That's the one aspect I have the most trouble with.

“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it”- George Carlin If those that select the presidents wanna change the EC, they will by all means do it. If there’s even an America

The United Kingdom's parliamentary system has a "electoral college" Built-in to its system. Why? Because representatives in the House of Commons elect's the Prime Minister. Each member of the House of Commons represents local areas of roughly the equivalent sized population. Those populations elect a House of Commons member based on party affiliation. Unlike the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, the United States directly votes for the President. The founders created a "virtual" temporary "house of electors" for the purpose of electing the president directly by the people. The electors are allocated by population. The electoral college is not outdated or superficial or unnecessary. It is integral to America's direct election of the president. And the direct election of the president is integral to America's "checks and balances" tripartite form of government.

We need to have a truly Democratic system where every vote is counted and the majority of the people determine who becomes President. The office of the President is the only office where not every vote is counted equally. Its time to do away with the archaic Electoral College where a minority of disgruntle people can disregard the majority of the voters if they don‘t like the outcome.

I think we could keep the electoral college but the other 48 states should replace the winner take all approach with the way Nebraska and Maine hand out their electoral college votes by district and popular vote.

I like it when they color the states blue or red depending on who gets the most votes in that state. but Instead of winner takes all, I would rather 1 person, 1 vote. Whoever wins the popular vote wins the presidency.

One should take pause when only one side calls for abolishing the electoral college.

To me the whole Electoral College thing is about division. Dividing and pitting States against each other when they should be United

Come to my hometown of Springfield, we actually have the homes he lived in.

Each state has a number of EC votes like California (for example) has 55 meaning that people of California elected 55 electoral college members who elect the president. But what if those 55 EC votes are just that 55 votes no people and it would be the Governors job to affirm that "this presidential candidate and not the other one" has won the Californian presidential elections or is this to simple for the USA

Living in a swing state, I say it's time for it to go. One person, one vote. Majority rules with every other office, and it should be the same with the office of the President.

I think the conversation should be about first pass the post system. The two party system is the real problem

You don't need, people capable of voting directly its time for direct democracy. Its not 18th century any more.

At 16:33, never knew that factoid.

Get rid of it just like we got rid of Trump

The founding fathers were certainly wise, but we have had 250 years more experience, studies, experiments. It's up to us be critical thinkers and continue our founding fathers legacy by improving our government. We need to abolish electoral college. We need to continue improving america as the future keeps changing

Next make a documentary about expanding our two-party political system 😊

Get rid of it. The popular vote is the true vote of the people.

The electoral college gave us Bush II and Trump...What's next Kanye 2024? No thanks

Is it presidential election season already?

Me: giggling away in Parliamentary democracy - if only you knew....sigh!

YES

We need a box to mark a vote no confidence in either candidate, & a popular vote....

Did we ever need the electoral college?

Im happy to see this discussion. This nation is very different from when it was founded. We adapt the constitution, this is definitely something to consider.

Both sides of the argument have merit. Probably a new mathematical formula combining both factors of popular vote and electoral vote. Then just do away with the “college of electors” whom can’t be trusted. More important is to have better more qualified candidates on both sides. Someone like Trump wasn’t qualified to run in the first place.

The EC needs to be reformed, but it is not an "unfair" process and should not be abolished. Popular vote risks electing a president via mob rule. The most populated states would elect the president every single time, and that is not fair. We have a bigger problem in our primary elections.

Yes.

Abolish it. Each vote should be counted and counted equally.

This is scary....

I stopped voting a few elections ago and I won't even consider casting another vote until the electoral college is gone.

Ya know, this is actually really well done

Stick with the constitution please and thank you!

I mean How Can it Be MORE SIMPLE... ONE PERSON ONE VOTE 🗳. GET The Majority you win. I can't understand why this will be an issue against, Esp After this past election, We got a front row seat on How easily one can try to call in favors for a flip, we actually saw it in 2016 when the electoral college actually voted against its sates votes and gave those Votes to Trump, So in 2020/2021 having actual recorded phone conversations of Trump tring to ask for votes to be found should have gotten a reaction that the electoral college has served its purpose and we need a reboot. But sadly we hear Republicans say they are about fair elections but this issues isn't included, they want to limit access, they won't speak on the need to rid the current way bc they see that they loose the popular vote. And much like everyday for them they want to complain but not push ideas or work. Maybe that should be put on the ballot and let Americans decide if they want to get rid of the electoral college.

Of course we need it! I don't want CA and NY deciding the direction of this country.

I can’t think of any other situation in which a vote is taken amongst a population and a certain portion of those who are voting hold more weight in their vote over the other… NO other voting scenario functions in this manner. Everyone knows that if the electoral college were to ever benefit the liberal/progressive part of the vote it would be abolished immediately. Also, for those who complain that only higher populated parts of the country would decide things… Where do you think that these populations come from?!?!??! A LOT of them FLEE from the very parts of the country which complain about the higher populated parts. I know because I myself escaped a conservative nightmare of a place and moved to beautiful California, as did 90% of the friends I’ve made here who also moved to California. It’s not a coincidence that California has the highest population of all the states… by at least ten million the last I checked. These are the people like me who grew tired of small mind backwards pathetic religious hypocrisy. Progress has always come at the expense of whatever nonsense conservatism deems “morally acceptable” at any given particular (and convenient) time. Lol, imagine conservatives who worship such an awful god claiming moral superiority?!? It’s downright ridiculous. Btw, remind me again, what exactly are “conservative values? They don’t even abide by their own fairy tale Jesus fella’s teachings, in fact they act more like Jesus’ daddy… You know the guy who is essentially a violent mass murderous megalomaniacal authoritarian psychopathic who has all the textbook personality traits of an awful dictator… aka the Old Testament abrahamic god. It’s a shame that we all have to slowly wait for progress in such things as technologically, medical discovery, and plenty of the simplest of social issues. I believe that our species is capable of so much more if wasn’t for the political/religious grifters and their horrible ancient superstitious followers.

Time to let go of electoral college!

No and let's throw away the Constitution while we're at it.

Viry good.

If we used the popular vote, the president would be elected by California, Texas, Florida, or Ohio as they are the largest states by population.

Do we still need CBS?

If the case is for small groups to be heard then why is Texas an electoral state? It should be the smallest states

We are a constitutional republic and the Electoral College keeps the minority vote needed in a Fair election

Yes throw out the Electoral College and the Electoral College Votes!

There is a real purpose for this infuriating concept. It deserves close study, it achieves a balance in the union.

They need to abolish mail in voting. Never do that again!

Term Limits in congress

If you are against the electoral college I assume you like how the house is run and not the senate. You hate the fact that Kansas has as much power as California.

This country would not exist if the EC had not been negotiated amongst the states being admitted to the union. Our government is NOT a Democracy, but rather a Democratic Republic. There is a big difference. The EC protects the Union from Democratic rule and preserves the power first and foremost with the states. In a Republic, which preserves state’s rights there must be a voice preserved for the states. If you live in California, you’re likely OK with changing to exclusive popular vote. However, the less populous states would never have a voice up against the more populated states. Rakove is corrrct. Cut the founders some slack. There was nothing racist about the EC - moreover a negotiated solution for population imbalance. It is imperfect, but if we simply went to popular vote model, I believe it would lead to secession of smaller states in short order. If a state loses its voice, what motivation is there for that state to remain in the union? It’s just not a simple fix and it’s worked pretty well for 250 years.

If you don’t understand why the electoral college is IMPORTANT then you are either choosing to be willfully ignorant, or you need to go get a refund on that public education 5th grade social studies class. This ENTIRE governmental system is based on the checks and balances of three forms of government. The constitution is represented by the - Supreme Court, whose members are not elected but nominated by the president and approved by the senate. - The legislature represents the people and are elected by the popular vote. - The President represents the nation and is elected by the states. It is a balanced system of government. If you did away with the electoral collage, you do away with checks and balances.

When Lieberman, who was the Manchin of his time... Time to go!

The EC is preventing from only 4 states having a say in the elections. Keep the EC.

10:45 I agree with what Tara has to say.

Bc of electoral college Republicans have a chance

It's a setup.

There is no reason that the vote of a used car salesman in Wyoming should count more than the vote of a used car salesman in Wyoming, Michigan.

Answer: Yes

They should have only one electoral vote per state they should have only one representative per state they should have only one senator per state

Absolutely NOT.

Electoral college's purpose is reassure that the president will represent ALL 50 states. Meaning, while campaigning, the Electoral college provides incentives for a potential president to visit more states than the ones whom has the biggest populations. If just a popular vote, than they will only care about coastal states and give two craps about the states in the middle. The framers were highly intelligent to put this in the Constitution.

No. The reason is archaic.

They want no filibuster, & no electoral college. Just say they want no constitution 🤣

Those people who cannot understand how the electoral college works, and the reason behind it why the founding fathers created this system, needs to take the constitutional law 101.

Unpopular opinion: just because the country is democratic doesn't mean it's better. Slavery was Democratic on the south because a majority of people thought it was okay Does Democratic = Fair??

We absolutely need it. Because it keeps things fair

Make it GO AWAY! I want my vote to count.

Eliminate/abolish the Electoral College (Article 2, Section 1, of The Constitution). This would normally be difficult, because the Electoral College is constitutionally mandated, and abolishing it would require a constitutional amendment. Over the past 200 years more than 700 proposals have been introduced in Congress to reform or eliminate the Electoral College - without any becoming law. It requires two thirds of the House, two thirds of the Senate, and three quarters of the States to vote in favor. There is another easier way to effectively end the Electoral College without technically abolishing it. Agreement of the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. An organization called the ‘National Popular Vote Interstate Compact’ (NPVIC) is pushing to eliminate the Electoral College without tampering with the Constitution. Once the NPVIC has reached 270 electoral votes, the passed bills from all the states will kick in and guarantee that the candidate with the highest vote total nationwide would become the president. So far, 15 states (CA, IL, NY, CO, CT, MD, MA, NJ, NM, OR, WA, DE, HI, RI, VT) and the District of Columbia (Total = 196 electoral votes) have committed to the cause. The bill has also passed at least one chamber in 9 additional states with 88 more electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, VA). So, we need 74 more electoral votes to eliminate the unfair influence of the Electoral College. A total of 3,408 state legislators from all 50 states have endorsed it. www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation *American citizens need to become politically active to make this happen before the 2024 election.

Yes, we still need the electorial college. Otherwise NY and CA would control the elections.

Solid 230 views an hour in

No

The president is the only office that is voted for by the electoral college. Senators and representatives are not elected by the electoral college. state and local politicians are not elected by the electoral college. I have been saying for some time that the electoral college is not fair. we are supposed to be a government of the people for the people and by the people. The electoral college is not of the people for the people and by the people. It is an organization created by the government. there was a time when it may have been necessary given the amount of difficulty there would have been in gaining all the votes from all of the states all over the country and getting them to Washington to be counted. The government wants to have the final say in who is elected, and they get that say by having the electoral college make the final vote. the idea that the dissolution of the electoral college would have a negative impact on our system of government is an outright lie and is only fostered by people who don't want to see change. Our forefathers founded this country on the notion that this was an experiment. And the only way for the experiment to be successful would be for it to continue. In other words, change had to take place as time went by. With our modern means of communication, there is no reason that the popular vote cannot be used to determine the president. It could be determined on the day of the election, or within the next day depending on how long it takes for one state to count its popular vote. not the weeks and months that it takes for the electoral college to decide who won the presidency. Then there's the fact that the electorates can vote whatever way they want to. Sure, their vote may not be accepted if they vote contrary to what they agreed to, but they can still vote whatever way they want. and if an elector has to be replaced because they voted contrary, that just takes more time to get the vote completed. I say it's time for the president to be elected the same way our Senate and House of Representatives are elected. while the Senate and House of Representatives are representative of each state, and the president is representative of all states, it does not mean that the president cannot be elected based on the popular vote. And in my opinion, my vote would count a lot more if I knew that it went directly to the election of the candidate that I'm voting for. Even if my candidate loses, my vote still counted. I don't feel that way with the electoral college. I feel like my vote doesn't mean a damn thing.

Not news. Just a bunch of opinions