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• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Thanks for contributing to our classroom discussion!

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: @Diana The electoral is made to give all minorities a say in an election. Twenty-Nine states have laws and penalties that vote against the way the people had voted in the election. The electors do take into account the word of the people and try to stay faithful to their decisions.

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Great Points Kit- ". Technically we do not have a true democracy, but we tend to act like we do." I like the point about the EC being like a show!

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: What's the obsession with Gore?

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Interesting idea Stephen!

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Great point "claimed fairness and equality in our political system" Is it truly a democracy or a representative democracy then?

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Interesting idea Kiran

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: I think a huge majority of Americans would agree with you Kady. It goes back to the original intention of the framers.

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: What do you mean by "people killed over who should be elected president?"

• A reply on Conversation: Direct popular vote should replace the Electoral College.

  Jan 3 2013: Haha Agreed!