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Originally posted by pan6467
Smooth, a person's vote does count. Yes, the electoral college votes for President, but they are elected by the majority of the people in their state, and I do not know of any election where the electoral college reps. from a state did not vote for the person the state populace's majority they repped voted for, so it is still the common man voter who puts the president into office. And how that means the President is not answerable to the people, in your opinion, I would like to know.
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If every one of us voted against the president next election the electoral college could still elect him president. While it hasn't happened yet, that's exactly how our presidential electoral system was set up to ensure the masses wouldn't hold direct power over the national election. You can not remove nor install a president by your vote. You can express your will to the electoral college--but they are entitled to go against that will if they want.
The shift occurs in that the masses can directly elect members of Congress. But then all those members--directly responsible to voters--have to hammer out differences and reach consensus before acting. So even the direct will of the people is tempered by discussion among "learned" men (and now women).