America's
methods of selecting elected officials is outdated and unfair. It
needs to be changed to reflect modern realities and to make it more
fair.
When
the U.S.A. was brought into existence the fastest means of
communication was couriers on horseback and ships propelled by wind
using sails.
As
a result of the slow communication and lack of technology the
electoral college was conceived. Also because some of the men that
contributed to the U.S. Constitution thought the common man was too
stupid or uneducated enough to select someone as important as the
U.S. President.
That
was then, this is now. Isn't that the way the saying goes?
Even
though we now have the technology needed to eliminate the electoral
college enough of our rulers still hold to the elitist idea that we
are either too stupid or uneducated to elect important public
servants like the President. The result is that we still have the
electoral college.
Our
recent Presidential election demonstrates this. Hillary Clinton had
more popular votes, people's votes, than Donald Trump, yet he won the
election because he had more electoral votes.1
This
is proof that we do not elect the President, our State governments,
via the electoral votes, do.
The
demand to rid ourselves of the electoral college and use the votes of
the people to elect government officials has been repeated many times
for many years. This demand seems to have no effect on our leaders.
It
seems they would rather fight about partisan ideologies instead of
working together to solve important issues. Many of them even deny
facts to keep the fight going instead of trying to solve the problems
the facts demonstrate are real.
Party
delegates to select the Presidential nominees is just as unfair,
outdated and elitist as the electoral college and should be
eliminated. Let the people of that political party choose the nominee
without the middle man.
People
are demanding these changes more than ever. Wake up D.C., it will
happen. Why wait until it slaps you in the face with the
inevitability to make the changes? Try looking ahead for once and
make the changes now instead of reacting (badly) to the necessities
after the fact.
Make
the amendments to the Constitution that are needed to make it happen
while you still have time to think about it and do it right, or as
right as you can, instead of rushing it later and screwing it up like
usual.
Our
Constitution says we are a republic and does not have the word
democratic in it at all. But our government officials keep saying we
are a democracy. It has been repeated often enough that it is now
expected, and believed, to be so. Make it so, take my suggestions and
do it.
