Neither was James Polk (1844), Zachary Taylor (1848), Franklin Pierce (1852), James Buchanan (1856), Abraham Lincoln (1860), Rutherford Hayes (1876), James Garfield (1880), Grover Cleveland (1884), Benjamin Harrison (1888), Grover Cleveland (1892), Woodrow Wilson (1912), Woodrow Wilson (1916), Harry Truman (1948), John F. Kennedy (1960), Richard Nixon (1968), Bill Clinton (1992), and Bill Clinton (1996) again.
No, you don't actually want that. You/Everyone should really read why the electoral college was designed, Hamilton wrote about it in Federalist #68, though there are more concerns than those he presented there.
It's basicly meant to prevent a situation where there are 10 cantidates and 1 guy wins with only 23% of the vote. It also has consequences beyond presidential elections, it will impact congressional as well. It will move to a coaliton sytle leglislature. If you think the govt doesn't get anything accomplished now with 2 parties, wait until there are 17. The Republican in me wants to see a dig on Bush, so I have to hope you remember that Clinton didn't get the popular vote in either election. Also since we're on party affiliation, there's a good chance that if the electoral college were done away with, The republican party, (or what becomes of it)/religious right, would probably win every election, because as far as overall idealogy goes, Republicans tend to be a bit more monolithic in their overall views throughout the party than do Democrats.
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Neither was James Polk (1844), Zachary Taylor (1848), Franklin Pierce (1852), James Buchanan (1856), Abraham Lincoln (1860), Rutherford Hayes (1876), James Garfield (1880), Grover Cleveland (1884), Benjamin Harrison (1888), Grover Cleveland (1892), Woodrow Wilson (1912), Woodrow Wilson (1916), Harry Truman (1948), John F. Kennedy (1960), Richard Nixon (1968), Bill Clinton (1992), and Bill Clinton (1996) again.
Why are so many countries electing pro american governments then?
No, you don't actually want that. You/Everyone should really read why the electoral college was designed, Hamilton wrote about it in Federalist #68, though there are more concerns than those he presented there. It's basicly meant to prevent a situation where there are 10 cantidates and 1 guy wins with only 23% of the vote. It also has consequences beyond presidential elections, it will impact congressional as well. It will move to a coaliton sytle leglislature. If you think the govt doesn't get anything accomplished now with 2 parties, wait until there are 17. The Republican in me wants to see a dig on Bush, so I have to hope you remember that Clinton didn't get the popular vote in either election. Also since we're on party affiliation, there's a good chance that if the electoral college were done away with, The republican party, (or what becomes of it)/religious right, would probably win every election, because as far as overall idealogy goes, Republicans tend to be a bit more monolithic in their overall views throughout the party than do Democrats.
You mean like how the next version of OS X has higher system requirements and is dropping support for older hardware?