I really don’t understand this seeming surprise about the electoral college system. In parliamentary systems like Britain and Canada, the people don’t vote for the Prime Minister, the majority party in Parliament does. Unless you are in the PM’s constituency/riding his name isn’t on your ballot.
The party winning the most votes doesn’t necessarily gain the most seats in Parliament so our system isn’t all that different than theirs, yet you don’t hear wailing and gnashing of teeth about how they conduct elections.
yet you don’t hear wailing and gnashing of teeth about how they conduct elections.
Nonsense. Those of us in the western part of the country have been grousing about the FACT that Ontario and Quebec decide who runs the country before we are finished voting.
The Great Canadian Cow: Feeds in the West, the Cream is harvested in the central provinces, and it 5#1+s on the Maritimes.
Even though the Maritimes seem to vote for the libs reliably...
Part of this discussion goes to a lack of civics instruction in high school over the final three years. You can go and test a hundred folks in the age group of 20 to 25...fewer than 25-percent will be able to explain the Electoral College.
It’s the same issue with college students (even 4th year kids) who know nothing over WW I/WW II, the Civil War, or the depression era.