in reply to RE: RE: Of Dead Trees and Democracy
in thread Of Dead Trees and Democracy
I'm postings this in here because I can't acctually responed to ybiC's post.
I've been doing some reading on the American electoral process and American presidents, and I'm going to take a stab at the reasons for the existence of the Electoral College. Now, not being American, I may miss the mark be a lot, but what else is new?
It seems to me that there was a choice regarding the election of a president. Either by popular vote, or by selection of Congrees. It was decided to do a combination to prevent Congrees from picking "favourites" (notice the 'u' :), and the people from making foolish choices.
FouRPlaY
Learning Perl or Going To Die Trying
I've been doing some reading on the American electoral process and American presidents, and I'm going to take a stab at the reasons for the existence of the Electoral College. Now, not being American, I may miss the mark be a lot, but what else is new?
It seems to me that there was a choice regarding the election of a president. Either by popular vote, or by selection of Congrees. It was decided to do a combination to prevent Congrees from picking "favourites" (notice the 'u' :), and the people from making foolish choices.
FouRPlaY
Learning Perl or Going To Die Trying
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RE: RE: RE: RE: Of Dead Trees and Democracy
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RE: RE: RE: RE: Of Dead Trees and Democracy
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