Question of Voting

Boston is in Massachusetts which is Kerry's homestate.  All of Massachusetts electoral vots will go to Kerry, that part of the election will not be close.  So, ine ssence, you friend's vote really won't matter one way or another.  I don't agree with him not voting.

What really sucks is that we use the electoral college system of voting, so it doesn't matter who gets the most votes.  What matters is that you need to get the most votes in certain states.  That sucks.  We should be using popular voting; the most votes wins, period.  Basically the outcome of this election depends on voting in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and a few other states.

I already voted.  For Kerry.

who is not bush but most like bush.

you guys need to get more choices and also to change your freekin' election system.... its crap.

ok.... first off... you only really have 2 choices to vote for.  most countries have atleast 4.  jesus... even canada has 5 that can have a certain amount of power in canadian parliment.  especially now because we don't have a majority government.

second.... your voting system works basically like this (as far as i can tell) :

you vote within your riding for a slate of electors who are supposed to vote for the president in this case bush or kerry.

now... lets think about these two things....

there have been a number of times that the slate of electors has not voted for the candidate that they were pledged to.  on top of that there have been atleast 4 times that the elector's votes did not align themselves with the popular vote.... the most recent being your last election.

this system of voting eliminates the small ridings in each state that vote oposite of the rest of the state.  and thus eliminating the possibility of having a third party representation.  it also does not represent ALL of the american people's views.

so how 'bout i put my foot in your mouth

I think the reasoning behind the electoral college is somewhat sound. Because if we had a straight popular vote the candidates wouldn't go anywhere but New York, Cali, Texas, Florida, Ohio, and Illinois. No one would ever go to fucking Iowa and Nevada and places like that.

Congratulations. now that's a whole paragraph. a sound one too i might add. good job.

www.electoral-vote.com

you guys are still working off of the Roman model of democracy.  its not like you have to change the whole thing all at once.... you've changed it slightly in the past.

all you have to do is slowely allow it to evolve with your country.  a stagnating system of voting is one that can be abused IMHO

its also twice as much as you've written in this thread.

you don't have to get upset man... try responding with a different opinion because you obviously think that the american voting system is working.

First of all, have you familiarize with the US constitutions? Does the word Tradition mean anything to you. It's something that should not be modified or tamperred with because it's very difficult for people to absolutely agree on a certain thing or issue.

i never said it was... you were the one that mentioned the size of my statement.

as for sound: there are many... many different systems of democratic government that i would deem better than the american way. logical: i stated a logical arguement based on the flaws in your system of election.  since what i'm talking about is hypothetical in nature (because we both know that your electoral system won't change) practicallity doesn't come into play here.  although it would be practical and in your best interest to have your vote mean more on a smaller scale.

you still haven't said anything to opose this and debate why this system of election is a good one.

i've read it.  i probably don't know it aswell as you should.

and yes... i do know what tradition means.

from what i gather ... amendments can be made.  they just aren't being made right now.