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Originally posted by psyko514
This sounds kinda complicated... If I understand correctly (and I probably don't), the people don't choose the President, but instead they choose the people who will choose the President?
Why isn't it as simple as the guy with the most votes wins? Why is the Electoral College system better?
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Because if they made it based on the popular vote alone, candidates would only worry about the people in PA, CA, NY, FL, OH, TX since that is where most people live.
FYI, only twice in history has the electoral vote not matched the popular vote. 2000, and back in the 1800's.
Bush won the popular vote, so don't blame this on the EC.