On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 12:02:16PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > > >Instead, you vote for a bunch of people who will vote on your behalf, > >usually by ignoring the popular vote and casting it 100% for their party.
No. The problem with the system is that the relation between the votes a state has in the presidetial election and the number of inhabitants of this state differs between the states. So it's possible for a candidate that has less votes to become president. Even without fraud. > > > The entire thing. We *do* vote for the leader we want. Just read the > Federalist Papers if you want to understand how the American political > system works and why it's designed the way that it is. Wasn't the reason for the Electors that at that time it was not practicable to make a direct election due to the great distances in America? > > Again, this has nothing to do with security, so stop filling up the list > with it. Why stop the people from leraning? Florian
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