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**ptmQqoxw** · 07-02-2007, 06:09 PM

I TRULY fear direct voting in this country. People, in general, are stupid. They are easily influenced by the things that they see around them, and are easily manipulated, en-masse, to go in different directions. but isn't this exactly what we are seeing today? despite the electoral college?

I believe the electoral college is more of a danger to the integrity of elections
than a buffer, or filter, or whatever you want to call it. One man, one vote. That is preferable to me. The electoral college distorts the will of the people. It distorts the election process from the day candidates are announced, and opens the door to even more hijinks on election day itself.

07-02-2007, 06:09 PM	#20
ptmQqoxw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	I TRULY fear direct voting in this country. People, in general, are stupid. They are easily influenced by the things that they see around them, and are easily manipulated, en-masse, to go in different directions. but isn't this exactly what we are seeing today? despite the electoral college? I believe the electoral college is more of a danger to the integrity of elections than a buffer, or filter, or whatever you want to call it. One man, one vote. That is preferable to me. The electoral college distorts the will of the people. It distorts the election process from the day candidates are announced, and opens the door to even more hijinks on election day itself.
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