Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-square594fedilinkarrow-up1268
arrow-up1241message-squareEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?Like A Duck to Ask [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square594fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoThe Electoral College exists because it was never the intent for the President to be elected by the public. It sticks around because changing it requires changing the Constitution, and a majority of states benefit from the status quo.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoThere is a plan for its abolishment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX-frlNBJY&pp=ygUXdG9wIHNuZWFreSBwbGFuIGNncGdyZXk%3D
The Electoral College exists because it was never the intent for the President to be elected by the public. It sticks around because changing it requires changing the Constitution, and a majority of states benefit from the status quo.
There is a plan for its abolishment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUX-frlNBJY&pp=ygUXdG9wIHNuZWFreSBwbGFuIGNncGdyZXk%3D