Originally Posted by Jafro
Well I for one, think the majority of this country doesn't have enough of an education to make an intelligent decision about who our commander in chief should be. So I leave it up to the intelligence of the other VOTERS that are smart enough to turn out in PRIMARY elections. Those are the people that exercise their American rights to help decide WHO is IN the electoral college of their own local governments. The system makes perfect sense to me. Getting rid of the electoral college would be a disaster. Don't forget it's what kept Bill Clinton in office throughout his presidency. Not the popular vote. I'm glad Democrats like him.
HERE ARE HIS STATISTICS FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
Electoral/Popular/Year/ President
70.5******49.2*****1996*****Bill Clinton
68.8******43.2*****1992*****Bill Clinton
Get rid of it so Bush can be elected by 70% of the popular vote, please. Lets see what everybody actually accomplished in the primaries. Kerry ain't gonna win the popular vote.
ummm....actually Bill Clinton did win the popular vote both times he ran. True it wasn't above 50% but he had a larger percent of the popular vote and the electoral vote than any of his competition.
In 1992 Bill Clinton had 44,908,254...his Main Opponent: 39,102,343...winner of popular vote in 1992 Bill Clinton.
In 1996 Bill Clinton had 45,590,703...his Main Opponent: 37,816,307...winner of Popular vote in 1996 Bill Clinton.
My question to you now is Who was your teacher in Government 101?