Don’t you mean the popular vote?
The electoral vote is thankfully what at least levels the playing field for whom can win a presidential election and can at least give the Republicans a fighting chance. Even Trump.
Remember, it is because we’re a republic that we don’t have democratic presidential elections and I’m not so keen on changing that any time soon. For someone who thinks not all votes should count equally, you should take at least some comfort in that.
I can at least agree that all votes should count equally but if the general public was as nuanced about elections and their choices; I would be more supportive of that idea. Our votes should count equally but we don’t all equally care about whom we vote for.
I think the bigger issue is the party conventions, the wasted money in PACs and Super PACs, etc.
I more than understand that we are a capitalist society, and generally speaking we should stay that way, but I think most people, including MAGA, also agree that money shouldn’t be a huge factor in how we determine who is qualified to represent our country. And that doing so only increases the corruption that is being lamented by those severely concerned by it.
Most people on the right say we need term limits and most of the left says we need to eliminate the electoral vote. And while those might help, as long as money decides who can be our candidates; these changes won’t prevent the corruption. And if we chose candidates that the public actually cared about, and wanted, and were qualified only by their ability to govern successfully… then maybe we wouldn’t need the electorate.
But it all just sounds too good to be true. I’m not so sure the public will ever be mature enough to select their own representatives given the state of politics. Not just from Maga, but any person who treats politics and political parties as if they were a sport team.
And yes, I think we shouldn’t even have a party system. Not a multiparty or a uniparty; or this half-assed bi party system we currently have. A no party system where all candidates were independent.
But even that is a pipe dream.
It appears to be human nature to form groups and oppositional groups.