[afraidfortherepublic]

This poll needs FReeping. The idiots who have answered so far favor giving the presidency to the highest vote getter, an action that would severely damage the interests of all residents outside of NY and CA. There is a reason the Founders established the Electoral College.

[pistolpackinpapa]

It doesn’t matter what this poll says; The Constitution says the House of Representatives chooses.

[Jacquerie]

The Constitutional Convention considered appointment/election of the President by Congress and the people. Both were rejected. That left the process to the States.

By diffusing the vote across a large and growing country in which geographically diverse electors had to vote on a single day, it would render corruption, intrigue and deal making difficult.

That is why we have an electoral college.