It's a lovely system in principle.The essence of the idea is that you vote for people wise enough to decide who should be president disinterestedly. There's no reason in principle why members of the electoral colleges should vote along party lines, though I think that there's only been one instance in the 20th century when that has not happened.
The idea is that you modify the tyrrany of the majority and account for the fact that the average joe can't reasonably be expected to have a sound enough grasp of every issue. Voting, in effect, becomes a matter of nominating people to speak on your behalf from a more informed position.
/making-it-up-as-he-goes-along blog.
(The idea is that you modify the tyrrany of the majority and account for the fact that the average joe can't reasonably be expected to have a sound enough grasp of every issue. Voting, in effect, becomes a matter of nominating people to speak on your behalf from a more informed position.
/making-it-up-as-he-goes-along blog.
Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Wed 5 Nov 2008, 9:54,
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I was feeling all informed till I got to the end.
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Wed 5 Nov 2008, 9:54,
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...I think that it's the way it works.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight,
Wed 5 Nov 2008, 10:02,
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