I swear I remember my social studies teacher saying one reason for the electoral college is to prevent someone like Trump. The founding fathers didn't want to trust the popular vote in case the masses got duped. With the polarization of the parties there's little chance of voting for the other person happening. There are some state laws that force them to vote for their candidate but I'm not sure how many states have the faithless electors clause.
Of course we got Trump because of the electoral college he lost the popular vote.
I have serious concerns about the electoral college. With this upcoming election being the way it is... it's really hard to say which they'll vote. It's really demoralizing to know that even if Biden wins the popular vote they can just elect trump anyway.
Yeah I have no doubt that was the original idea. But now it just filters out all but 2 candidates that are paid for by big business and other outside investors. All of them foaming at the mouth to get whatever law makes them another billion eradicated or passed.
I swear I remember my social studies teacher saying one reason for the electoral college is to prevent someone like Trump. The founding fathers didn't want to trust the popular vote in case the masses got duped. With the polarization of the parties there's little chance of voting for the other person happening. There are some state laws that force them to vote for their candidate but I'm not sure how many states have the faithless electors clause.
Of course we got Trump because of the electoral college he lost the popular vote.
I have serious concerns about the electoral college. With this upcoming election being the way it is... it's really hard to say which they'll vote. It's really demoralizing to know that even if Biden wins the popular vote they can just elect trump anyway.
Yeah I have no doubt that was the original idea. But now it just filters out all but 2 candidates that are paid for by big business and other outside investors. All of them foaming at the mouth to get whatever law makes them another billion eradicated or passed.