In the 2008 elections, I didn't vote. Mainly because I knew Obama was going to win so I didn't see the need to try to stop that from happening. I recently discovered that It would not have made any difference anyways if I had voted because we don't get to pick the president but the electoral college is the one in charge of that. what kind of BS is this? compared to the amount of people living in the United States, the amount of people electing our nations president sounds pretty insignificant. there's maybe about 300 million people in the United States and only 538 of those people actually pick the president. Aparently instead of directly voting for the actual president, us as ctizanes vote for the electors who then vote for the president. Now we must eep in mind that the members of the electoral college are allowed to vote for whoever they want regardless of which side of the political parties voted for them. I feel completely baffled.
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).
ReplyDeleteOf the 22,000 electoral votes cast since presidential elections becomae competitive (in 1796), only 10 have been cast for someone other than the candidate nominated by the elector's own political party.
The National Popular Vote bill has passed 29 state legislative chambers in 19 states, and been enacted by states possessing 23% of the 270 electoral votes necessary to bring the law into effect.
See www.NationalPopularVote.com