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gergroy on 05 May 2015
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bettergetdave said:
WolfpackN64 said:
Look, I'm not an American citizen, but let me ask you all one question.

How do you people keep taking this?

All your presidential candidates are backed by PAC's (which is basically legal corruption). Your rights and interests are only a second matter to them.
Your voting system is horribly outdated and undemocratic, with the winner takes all mentality actually voiding near half of the votes and blocking out more political parties.
And to make matters worse, you vote for people to vote for you. Don't you think people can decide for themselves who to vote for?

People of the USA, wake up, you're not living in a real democracy anymore.

The electoral college serves a very important purpose most people don't comprehend and on its face I know it seems anti democratic. It is set up to insure that states get votes counted accurately as to the population as well as prevent a minority rule or more simply put a sitting president with only 35% of the country actually agreeing to vote for that person. I'm not positive but I believe this is how Hitler took control in Germany and the electoral college helps prevent something like this whether nefarious or not.

In addition the electoral college is only with the president that is just 1 of 3 checks and balances in government. The rest are voted on by pretty much straight up popular vote. So the Government is largely represented by directly elected officials. Lastly I agree corruption is bad and rights and interest are often second to many politicians with exception to their home states when they cater to them. That said show me a government of any kind, any place, where this is not the case. 


Huh?  How can the electoral college prevent a minority from nominating the president?  It actually allows that to happen.  Like George w. Bush won the presidency but lost the popular vote...