The Trouble with the Electoral College

The problem with using the Electoral College in the modern world for an election.

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• electoral college
• election
• president
• President Of The United States
• Educational
• 2012 election
• 2012
• democrats
• republicans
• America
• voting
• election reform
• electoral reform
• Congress
• United States Congress
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[Blackopsundead]

@CGPGrey I live in spokane xD!

[CGPGrey]

@Blackopsundead Don't you mean MIGHTY SPOKANE!

[Allyscribit]

I referred this and your animal politics series to my former US History teacher. I hope she incorporates them into her curriculum. I'll follow up and let you know if she does.

[CGPGrey]

@Allyscribit Thank you. Do let me know : )

[eviljapan666]

Dear America: overthrow your idiotic useless government

-sincerely the rest of the world

[macarion]

@TheSmackerlacker The terms "democracy" and "republic" aren't mutually exclusive. We purport to value democracy. Our leaders speak loftily of spreading democracy to the rest of the world. The United States has always used representative democracy. Getting rid of the electoral college wouldn't change that.

P.S. The electoral college doesn't give "more weight" to people with Ph.D's.

[Saraylovesu]

so how do we get rid of the electoral college?

[dragonnottin]

0:36 you missed a zero, don't know if that was purposeful or not, it just bugged me.

@eviljapan666 and the rest of the world: I am an american citizen that agrees.

[MinecraftDewd]

@eviljapan666 Says the guy with a king and queen? Better hope the queens kid isn't a deranged lunatic on heroine.

[nakenmil]

@TheSmackerlacker First of all, you seem to focus an awfully lot on Direct Democracy, which the vast majority of Democracies in the world aren't (Switzerland is fairly close). Most Democracies are not "ruled by the rabble", but by national assemblies of representatives. In the case of parliamentary democracies, the executive branch is an extension of the legislative branch according to the political make-up of the latter assembly. (More to come, but late over here and no mor sp

[TheSmackerlacker]

@nakenmil By all means, enlighten me. Since you have cast doubt on my definition however, I demand that you support your own with corroboration.

[dino9599]

@eviljapan666 We wish we could.

-sincerely America