Lakrosse asked:
Would you rather your Presidential candidate lose the popular vote, but win the electoral college, which would leave him with no political leverage or mandate, or would you rather your candidate be the choice of the people?
I mean would you rather your candidate be the “choice of the people,” but still lose the EC, which would damage the other candidate when he got to office?
popular vote is majority OR plurality. stop saying that only majority is a popular vote win, the FEC and everyone disagrees, and says that a plurality also counts as winning the popular vote OR a majority.
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I prefer it if my candidate wins. This is a Constitutional Republic so a “mandate” is not necessary in order to be an effective leader.
I would rather have the popular vote because that’s what the people want not what the paid elected officals want
well if the rules stated the winner by popular vote, then popular vote. if the rules state, winner by number of delegates, then delegates. so in this case the winner will be the person with the most delegates per the rules.
popular vote is the only one that matters. everybody knows the electoral college is an assembly of morons
To Thehock : having lwas and rules doesnt mean that these rules or laws are 100% good.
when a bill or a rule or a law passes, does that mean that it gets a majority of people like you or me vote for it? not always
Mandates mean nothing, it is empty political rhetoric.
The key is who you share basic beliefs with as to the best course for the future.
In the end not much will change no matter who gets elected. Our best hope is and always has been political grid lock so that neither side can hash things up too much.
Bush hasn’t had any problems with a mandate his even though he lost the 2000 popular vote. The electoral college was set up because we believe in state rights, so bigger states get more electoral votes but smaller states have a voice.
I would rather my candidate earn the job based upon the agreed upon system in place…that would be the delegate majority in the primary and electoral college majority in the general election.
America decided long ago that the electoral college was a better representation of all the states.