There is no doubt at all that the US election system has repeatedly failed to assure the majority of voters of getting the president they want. There is no doubt that the Electoral College system, with the Vice-president sitting as the final safety assurance of its integrity, poses a challenge to the numerical majority of US voters in ea…
There is no doubt at all that the US election system has repeatedly failed to assure the majority of voters of getting the president they want. There is no doubt that the Electoral College system, with the Vice-president sitting as the final safety assurance of its integrity, poses a challenge to the numerical majority of US voters in each national election.
However, it may be dangerous to undo this system; the numerical majority in the US will always be favoring voters from states with huge urban centers, and it will always tempt urban voters to impose their doctrinal super liberal views on the minority populations in states with smaller populations overall, and fewer huge urban centers.
Mr. Hartman's current resident is within the Greater Metropolis of the City of Portland, Oregon, and in that state the massive voting power of liberal voters in the City of Portland, Multnomah, Beaverton and Hillsboro have completely ignored the concerns of almost all of Oregon's more rural areas. The same tendency would most likely come to pass in National elections if the Electoral College System was either eliminated or modified. A quick review of the current legislative state adoption of allocation of a majority of the electoral voters show clearly that minority voters in smaller states with few mega urban centers, and in states with a generally more conservative voter basis are not going to deliver the needed 75 electoral votes. www.nationalpopularvote.com.
Perhaps, again, rather than continuing to swing back and forth between two parties that no longer represent anyone but the rich and corporations, voters need to become more willing to build consensus towards the center, and to send all our career politicians home at the end of each of their first term -STOP VOTING FOR INCUMBENT POLITICIANS. We need a return to a state of SERVICE for all those who wish to occupy elective offices. Maybe we pay them well during their term, plus a stipend for the first year after they leave office. The data and history appear to show that enough US voters are simply not willing to trust a system based entirely on the possible tyranny of urban voters; thus we need a different discussion, and a different national consensus, it appears. And, increasingly, our US representatives and Senators collect life-time benefits and incomes that tend to insulate them from the very real problems their constituents face at home. It is remarkable that they have pensions and healthcare worthy of Kings and Queens while their constituents have neither. So, NOT VOTING FOR ANY INCUMBENT POLITICIAN EVER MAY BE A REALLY SMART LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
Mr. Hartman's citation:
It’s time to take another step forward in fine-tuning our republic and abolish the Electoral College.
The most straightforward way would be to amend the Constitution, but that requires a super-majority in both the House and Senate and approval of 3/4ths of the states. That’s not going to happen any day soon.
Another path is for enough states to equal 270 Electoral College votes to commit to pledge all of their College votes to whoever wins the popular vote. This is called the “National Popular Vote” option, and so far enough states have signed onto it to represent 175 College votes: 75 more “votes” are needed for it to go into effect. You can check if your state needs to join the interstate compact at: www.nationalpopularvote.com
Teach 1, you write about the tyranny of urban population centers. What we have now is tyranny of low population states exerting minority rule on the rest of us, and I liveI outside a small city.
So do I. In a red state too. It's getting pretty crazy out here in the torpid backwaters. Big-state "Guvment" turns into pure autocracy pretty quickly when the federal government doesn't serve as a Constitutional counterbalance.
Two out of three bubbas (read Republican), including their teenage whelps, fundamentally do not believe in democracy, that people of color, non-Christians, or anyone else deemed insufficient by their standards, should have the right to vote or to participate in a government reimagined by white, radical Christianists.
The slim percentage of middle-of-the-roaders looking to build some mythical third party to solve the serious, underlying problems with American "democracy" -- in the time remaining! -- have convinced themselves they speak for a silent majority, which doesn't exist. They hide behind twisted facts and hopeless dreams in the face of harsh reality.
There is no doubt at all that the US election system has repeatedly failed to assure the majority of voters of getting the president they want. There is no doubt that the Electoral College system, with the Vice-president sitting as the final safety assurance of its integrity, poses a challenge to the numerical majority of US voters in each national election.
However, it may be dangerous to undo this system; the numerical majority in the US will always be favoring voters from states with huge urban centers, and it will always tempt urban voters to impose their doctrinal super liberal views on the minority populations in states with smaller populations overall, and fewer huge urban centers.
Mr. Hartman's current resident is within the Greater Metropolis of the City of Portland, Oregon, and in that state the massive voting power of liberal voters in the City of Portland, Multnomah, Beaverton and Hillsboro have completely ignored the concerns of almost all of Oregon's more rural areas. The same tendency would most likely come to pass in National elections if the Electoral College System was either eliminated or modified. A quick review of the current legislative state adoption of allocation of a majority of the electoral voters show clearly that minority voters in smaller states with few mega urban centers, and in states with a generally more conservative voter basis are not going to deliver the needed 75 electoral votes. www.nationalpopularvote.com.
Perhaps, again, rather than continuing to swing back and forth between two parties that no longer represent anyone but the rich and corporations, voters need to become more willing to build consensus towards the center, and to send all our career politicians home at the end of each of their first term -STOP VOTING FOR INCUMBENT POLITICIANS. We need a return to a state of SERVICE for all those who wish to occupy elective offices. Maybe we pay them well during their term, plus a stipend for the first year after they leave office. The data and history appear to show that enough US voters are simply not willing to trust a system based entirely on the possible tyranny of urban voters; thus we need a different discussion, and a different national consensus, it appears. And, increasingly, our US representatives and Senators collect life-time benefits and incomes that tend to insulate them from the very real problems their constituents face at home. It is remarkable that they have pensions and healthcare worthy of Kings and Queens while their constituents have neither. So, NOT VOTING FOR ANY INCUMBENT POLITICIAN EVER MAY BE A REALLY SMART LONG-TERM SOLUTION.
Mr. Hartman's citation:
It’s time to take another step forward in fine-tuning our republic and abolish the Electoral College.
The most straightforward way would be to amend the Constitution, but that requires a super-majority in both the House and Senate and approval of 3/4ths of the states. That’s not going to happen any day soon.
Another path is for enough states to equal 270 Electoral College votes to commit to pledge all of their College votes to whoever wins the popular vote. This is called the “National Popular Vote” option, and so far enough states have signed onto it to represent 175 College votes: 75 more “votes” are needed for it to go into effect. You can check if your state needs to join the interstate compact at: www.nationalpopularvote.com
Teach 1, you write about the tyranny of urban population centers. What we have now is tyranny of low population states exerting minority rule on the rest of us, and I liveI outside a small city.
So do I. In a red state too. It's getting pretty crazy out here in the torpid backwaters. Big-state "Guvment" turns into pure autocracy pretty quickly when the federal government doesn't serve as a Constitutional counterbalance.
Two out of three bubbas (read Republican), including their teenage whelps, fundamentally do not believe in democracy, that people of color, non-Christians, or anyone else deemed insufficient by their standards, should have the right to vote or to participate in a government reimagined by white, radical Christianists.
The slim percentage of middle-of-the-roaders looking to build some mythical third party to solve the serious, underlying problems with American "democracy" -- in the time remaining! -- have convinced themselves they speak for a silent majority, which doesn't exist. They hide behind twisted facts and hopeless dreams in the face of harsh reality.