Insaeldor wrote:Alvecia wrote:Honestly, I think that's an even worse argument. You shouldn't have to rig the political system to that each side has a equal chance of winning. What then is the point of elections. Might as well just flip a coin.
So we should just have a Tyranny by majority a totally block a massive subsection of the population out of the electoral process? that's just as bad as the system we have now.
Wait what, how does popular vote, for president, make a tyranny of the majority? The senate, house, supreme court, bill of rights, and states would still all be around to protect the minority from being hurt by the majority. In a popular vote the republicans certainly wouldn't be "blocked" from winning the presidency, they just wouldn't be able o ignore California, just as Democrats would no longer be able to ignore Texas.
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That's absurd. Political parties that fewer people support do not deserve to be in government.
On the other hand, those "more rural conservative state[sic]" would certainly block political reform because it is in their interest to do so.
I mean if we had Hillary win like Trump did that wouldn't be the case. The simple fact is that as a culturally and politically diverse nation we need to at the very least give those without the political power to win election the ability to have an equal platform and ability to protect there own interests. It be completely unfair for the west coast and east coast to dominate the electoral process and institute politicians which represent their interest at the expense of the rural south and mid west. While that would be an impatience fact of life it would definitely help in creating a more cohesive democracy since the verious socio-political entities would be given equal opertunity to dictate policy. It's also a failsage to ensure one socio-political group doesn't have absolute authority over the other.
It's an attempt to avoid the issues we face now but reversed.
Good thing the house and senate exist. That way people who don't win the presidency still have a voice in the federal government. Good thing the bill of rights, and the judiciary still limit what the federal and state governments can and can't do so the minority don't get trampled on. Good thing the states still have a bunch of power within themselves so they can operate differently based on the differences of culture.
The popular vote wouldn't allow the one group to simply steam role everyone else. People need to stop pretending it will
