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Lol @ Negative. I can completely understand what you are saying. The problem is that there really are only two eligible parties. This has really ****ed it up, but what can you do? I suppose if you find people who will support you and run on your platform you could run? ^_^
-Cheers-
Electoral College 101.
Electoral votes are given to the candidate who wins the MAJORITY vote in that state.
(so votes do count and if you feel otherwise, Iran is waiting for some migrant workers - sarcasm)
Tossing out the Electoral College because one has witnessed a single event where the president didn't win the majority vote misses the point of WHY it is there in the first place. Population centers would pollute the voting pool and control elections. The idea of a state based union ceases to exist with equal representation across the continent. Every time some pissed off misinformed generation is faces with the consequence of the elecoral process they want to toss it out with no forthought. The country happens to base it's democratic process on the basis of a republic where representatives are appointed to represent the voting public. You win a state, you win it's vote. You lose a state, your opponent gets the vote. States with more populations get more votes, so it's balanced between letting the majority speak and letting less populous states have a voice.