tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post3323690614555430969..comments2024-03-24T05:26:32.964-07:00Comments on Advancing Time: Flawed Presidential Election Process Gives Poor Choices Bruce Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-74575355070090375922020-05-19T16:57:49.020-07:002020-05-19T16:57:49.020-07:00Berine toltaly sold out! His job was to lose and p...Berine toltaly sold out! His job was to lose and peopls still cant wrap there head around that! He droped out of his campain while his opponent has dementia, my granddad had it and it spirals down fast like in a couple months biden wont be able to speak in complete sentences. So why drop out a a race when your opponent wont be able to even talk by the convention? Bernies job was to sell tbe young lefties down the riverAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10410369834436452699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-27972828132845176952020-05-14T06:42:53.323-07:002020-05-14T06:42:53.323-07:00I'll bet your opinion of the average American ...I'll bet your opinion of the average American voter wasn't so negative when Barak Obama was elected.Dave2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/15839510248960245602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-82980430883719693652020-05-14T06:41:21.179-07:002020-05-14T06:41:21.179-07:00We absolutely should *not* eliminate the electoral...We absolutely should *not* eliminate the electoral college. Thank goodness our founders had the wisdom to set this up as it gives more weight to the *States* as opposed to a purely democratic popular vote. Without the electoral college, the huge coastal population centers, the most populous States like California and New York, and very large urban areas like Chicago would dominate every Presidential election, and the voters in less populated States would have much less weight and influence. It's not a perfect system, but then again there is no perfect system.Dave2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/15839510248960245602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-84890315658993187842020-05-12T12:40:10.292-07:002020-05-12T12:40:10.292-07:00Maybe power brokers in smoke-filled rooms of the o...Maybe power brokers in smoke-filled rooms of the old days did a better job. M Plauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034467206636924644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-54051198539334847082020-05-11T20:12:53.850-07:002020-05-11T20:12:53.850-07:00In Canada, because we do not have an electral coll...In Canada, because we do not have an electral college, we have a PM who is in office because he won almost all the ridings in Toronto and Montreal, and many fewer than the Conservative party in the rest of the country. In addition Trudeau did not win the country popular vote. In other words, if we had something akin to a college the socialists in our big cities would not be deciding our government. I suggest the US keep the college to maintain some hope of preventing the left wing cabals in NY and LA from dominating all elections.Canadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972111249791199451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-24774423082465703782020-05-11T05:14:48.901-07:002020-05-11T05:14:48.901-07:00While I expected some blow-back on this article I ...While I expected some blow-back on this article I thought it would come from a supporter of one of the candidates. If I understand your position correctly, it places most of the blame on the stupidity of the average voter. Very interesting but also a far more difficult problem to correct.Bruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-60041268802444336082020-05-10T22:06:36.862-07:002020-05-10T22:06:36.862-07:00This is nonsense. As usual among critics of the sy...This is nonsense. As usual among critics of the system, you exonerate "the average voter" too easily. Take the case of Tulsi Gabbard, a perfectly respectable candidate for president. Everyone knew about her. BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE did not like her. OK? They didn't like her anti-militarism and it cost her popularity which might otherise have pushed her ahead.<br />You conveniently bypass the ugly reality of the American voter, an ignorant, puffed-up, purveyor of militaristc, "exceptionalist", repulsive values. These are the scum that vote willingly for the crap you get at election time. The decent candidates are wiped out early on in the game BECAUSE THEY ARE UNACCEPTABLE to the above-described, average American voter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628947515375352113noreply@blogger.com