The Blues of America’s Elections
Is voting is for suckers? (That would be all of us) — but you have to vote, right?
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults (65%) say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.
Somehow, I live in a country where the President of the United States gets elected by something called the Electoral College. The President is not elected by the popular will of the voters. It is preposterous, right? I think I have to leave this country soon if it doesn’t change but table that for a second. I would like to make a point about voting before I get in that balloon and float to some random destination.
U.S. Elections is winner takes all.
That’s right. It’s like a lottery with one winner. A candidate wins the Electoral College and they are the winner. They don’t need the most votes by voters either (George W. Bush and Donald Trump both did not win the popular vote); they just have to win the votes of…
