Jan 2 2013: That's a really good point. Because not everybody votes, America does need a safety net as to who should be elected. Sometimes, the public's judgement as a whole may not be the best and it's nice to have the government cover those loose ends.
Jan 2 2013: I believe the popular vote should replace the Electoral College. However, I believe that we should use the Electoral College as an archetype for a new popular vote system. For example, we could use the number of electoral votes each state has (ex: New york is twenty nine) and divide them according to their percentage of votes. This would help avoid the infinite amount of recounts that would most likely occur in close elections.Its hard to be optimistic when people from all parts of the political spectrum would demand a recount. This number system would also reduce America's stress as to who would be the President of the United States when waiting for the eighteenth recount to be finished . Politicians, just a bunch of babies they are.
Dec 10 2012: Congress members should definitely have term limits. if you are re relected infintely only because you have been part of the senate is kind of ridiculous. It's like America's democracy is afraid of taking one step out of its political comfort zone. It's a poor excuse that our government will lose stability. By putting this term system in our Senate gradually, Stability would not be lost and a new and better democratic system would be placed in order.
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