https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1j2p4xy/how_do_you_feel_about_removing_the_electoral/
the electoral college obviously sounds r-slurred but I just wanted to laugh at the circlejerk levels reached here
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Not really though? Maybe it's too complicated for Europeans, but people in all states/counties deserve to be represented.
!strayans imagine if sydney and Melbourne single handedly deciced every election
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Not only that, but each state has its own election laws, so just adding up the vote from different systems makes little sense. Like a state might say, we should let felons or 16-year-olds or whatnot have the vote, not because we think that this is a good idea but because it gives us more power relative to other states.
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States would no longer decide elections, individuals would.
However I support the electoral college because I genuinely believe that most Americans are too stupid to be allowed to vote and Mob Rule is the worst aspect of democracy, as the Founding Fathers wisely knew.
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they intended for the electoral college
to be some deep state 
shit where 
elites could override the public 
vote if the winner 
was problematic 
but it doesn't function like that.
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It's similar to a parliament elects a prime minister who acts as chief executive. People who you elect to vote.
Honestly they should require all parties to have their Primary elections 49.99% weighted by superdelegates with the popular vote merely confirming it.
Dems tell their voters what's best for them while Republicans literally let any r-slur in the door.
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Instead we get to let Queensland frick up the country for us
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