I am going to discuss the issue of evaluation. Issues of evaluation ask questions about weather some thing is good or bad, right or wrong. This is by it's nature quite complex. Everyone has different ideas of what's right and wrong. Our justice system is devoted to them, philosophers spend their who lives thinking about them. Issues of evaluation are also part of your everyday life, from deciding where/what to eat, to voting for who you think should be in office.
The issue that is important to me is the Electoral Collage. (Didn't see that coming did you?)
The Electoral College is the system of state appointed officials that directly cast votes to elect the president. That's right you do not directly elect the president. The most recent conflict was the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore. Bush won the election while Gore won the popular vote. It happened three other times as well, here is a link if you want to know more.(http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/investing/homepage/presidential-candidates-won-popular-vote-lost-election-romney/)
The Electoral College causes campaigning to be much more complicated as well. This is why some states get so much more attention than others; candidates have to win certain states in order to grantee a win. States with smaller population often have more power per voter because the number of electoral votes is based on the number of House Representatives + Senators. A person is New York has less voting power than a person in Alaska. The Electoral College goes against the ideas of democracy. I believe one person should equal one vote, simple as that.
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| State size based on electoral power per voter through the Electoral College. |
I agree with you on the fact that the electoral college has many flaws. The part that I disagree with is that the electoral college is also a good thing. There are many states which have problems with voter fraud. With the electoral college not every single vote will be as cruicial to the presidency.
ReplyDeleteVoter fraud is extremely rare and from a statistical standpoint it does not effect elections at all. As for your second point, thorough the Electoral College system single votes in rural states are actually much more crucial to the presidency. Through a one voter = one vote system, every one has equal voting power.
DeleteI have thought for years that we need to remove the electoral college. All that is needed for a candidate to win a state is just get the most votes in the high population areas. For example in Ohio all you need is Columbus, Cincinnati, and one more big city and boom, you just won the state.
ReplyDeleteSo... voters in the city (or highly populated states) matter less than those in rural areas? Your vote should be equal no matter where you live!
DeleteThis is one of the few issues ive ever encountered that no matter where you stand on it, i don't think you are wrong. I can point out very significant flaws and perks of both systems.The Electoral College doe make states with more population more attractive, therefore they spend a lot of their money there and not in Wyoming, therefore making the campaign less expensive, however excludes many people from information and once in a lifetime opportunity to meet presidential candidates. It is a really difficult issue.
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