Electoral college is the only reason Republicans have been able to get into the Whitehouse, if we had a true democracy the popular vote would be used and the Republicans are always losing that by 6 to 8 million votes. Imagine with an electoral college Wyoming which has barely any population has the same voting rights as California a place with 64 times the population of Wyoming😅😅😅😅
Well over 200 years of freedom. We are happy with it. It’s not perfect but with the population size success and progress we have. We would be living under socialism by now if we let California and New York pick the president.
@2:39, incorrect graphic about 438 reps from 50 states. The House has 435 reps from 50 states and the other 3 electoral votes come from D.C., which is the only territory that votes for the President. @0:17 and @4:30 incorrect commentary, only 48/50 states plus D.C. have a winner-take-all system, Maine and Nebraska allocate electors by district and the state overall. The Indian President is also elected by an Electoral College, in a very similar process and system.
Hows it different from india? Like we vote in lok sabha election we get mps and then the majority gwt the government and these mps choose the pm and etc
Key detail: In 1787 there were 13 colonies, the little ones wouldn't join, would not sign away any part of their sovereignty unless the big city states enhanced the small states' power in the selection of a president and amendments to the constitution. Hence, the "Great Compromise of 1787" genius solution, agree or disagree: discuss.
One clarification: the Delegates must vote for the presidential candidate that won the majority of votes in that specific state. In one recent case, delegate Colin Powell, a decorated army general, decided to change his vote and was fined, by law, one thousand dollars. He appealed the sentence with the US Supreme Court and lost.
