11-15-2016, 11:02 AM
(11-10-2016, 04:17 AM)SilverOtter Wrote: In my own opinion, the best we can get from this election is 4 years where NOTHING. HAPPENS. AT. ALL.The electoral college still works for multiple reasons, lots of subtle checks of balance to ensure majority rules with minority representation.
In another opinion, it has become obvious Trump pulled off the ultimate crime: he successfully managed to make the Democratic party believe that him having real support was ridiculous. Because of this, nobody really focused on trying to sway fringe supporters (and as it turns out, calling all Trump supporters bigots is not how you get them on your side), leaving him to win with a near-equal voters.
That being said, this is the 4th time someone has won the public vote but lost the electoral vote. The fact that I can go on the internet and see a live update of the public vote during an election, means the system has no use in the modern age where we don't need to worry if all our citizen's votes will make it to D.C.
Also electors have almost never failed to represent, they're picked for their party loyalty. But who knows maybe a few electors will decide to vote across party lines, might be nice.