Like A Duck to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 10 months agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-square599fedilinkarrow-up1266arrow-down127
arrow-up1239arrow-down1message-squareEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?Like A Duck to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 10 months agomessage-square599fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglish9•10 months 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@bleistift2@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months 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