https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:16:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650244 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:15:27 +0000 Adira 2650244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: My heart is breaking this morning. :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650242 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 09:02:21 +0000 MrsSCB 2650242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not feeling good about it this morning... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650240 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:56:30 +0000 lamariniere 2650240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I just posted this in the other thread, yes, she's winning.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/09/501393501/shades-of-2000-clinton-surpasses-trump-in-popular-vote-tally" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/09/501393501/shades-of-2000-clinton-surpasses-trump-in-popular-vote-tally</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650230 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:34:01 +0000 NCSUchick27 2650230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now, I hate the electoral college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650228 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:27:41 +0000 Adira 2650228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NCSUchick27: :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650227 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:27:26 +0000 NCSUchick27 2650227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: It's true. Right now she is leading in the popular vote, but there are still some votes that aren't in yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650210 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 07:24:53 +0000 Adira 2650210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Google is telling me Hillary won the popular vote - anyone know if that's true? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650158 Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:10:07 +0000 agold 2650158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: great explanation!! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650064 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 21:01:14 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2650064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@GoGoSnoGirl: this is basically how I feel too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650059 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:47:37 +0000 periwinklebee 2650059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: No, just the electoral college (with a popular vote for president instead). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650054 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:44:16 +0000 DesertDreams88 2650054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@periwinklebee: Do you wish the Congressional system had been ditched, then? Because the electoral system is based on that, which is based on population. Slavery affected the tallies when slavery existed, but isn't the direct reason for the EC. It was a results of the Constitutional Compromises..... Sorry, middle school SS teacher here, just a bit uneasy about the oversimplifications.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650053 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:41:06 +0000 periwinklebee 2650053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only reason we have the electoral college anyways is because of slavery. Slave states got to count their slave population as 3/5 of a person when it came to calculating how many representatives (and electoral college votes) they had, but obviously didn't have to let slaves vote. I wish it had been ditched after the Civil War. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2650041 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 20:17:55 +0000 DesertDreams88 2650041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I see the pros and cons to both systems. I could go either way, but since no one on this thread has reviewed the benefits / reasoning behind the electoral college, I'll take a stab at it during commercials :)</p> <p>It's important to remember that the electoral college system is based on population and the popular vote, it just mutes the effect. A purely equal system would be that all the states have the same amount of votes. The benefit of the EC is that it ensures the candidate has wider support across the land/states, and can't just run up HUGE margins in a small area (like NYC / the megalopolis on the East Coast) and lose everywhere else. The president is not just the president of the people, but also manages our land, our resources, and 50 individual state governments. </p> <p>FWIW, I lived in a solid blue state, a swing state, and a red state. I am a solid Democrat. My vote has ALWAYS mattered. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649942 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:23:33 +0000 Mrsbells 2649942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: I dont like it either like you said it makes people feel like not voting especially people who live in states that are solid red or blue. Only people in swing states really feel like their vote actually truly matters </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649937 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:13:40 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2649937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It sucks &amp; is so very antiquated. Between this &amp; only having 2 major parties, I definitely feel like I am not well represented by our government. There is much that should be overhauled asap. But of course career politicians who could make this change have a vested interest to keep the status quo. So maddening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649929 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:47:34 +0000 JenGirl 2649929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't like the electoral college and wish we went to a direct popular vote. However, I don't like this proposed solution. I think that would just lead to a new set of problems. I think the solution is to actually fix the way voting happens not have the electoral college make some sort of non-binding agreeement about doing things in a way not originally intended by the law. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649914 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:13:04 +0000 Mrs D 2649914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its awful...time to roll with the general election numbers... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649902 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:58:56 +0000 gotkimchi 2649902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yah I actually thought 1000 isn't a very big fine either </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649901 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:58:10 +0000 Adira 2649901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gotkimchi: Wow, that's crazy, I didn't know that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649896 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:50:16 +0000 gotkimchi 2649896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: but the electoral college doesn't have to follow this agreement. They get fined 1000 if they vote differently but some do. Just saw on the news one for sure who said he wasn't voting for trump or clinton </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649891 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:47:20 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2649891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's a dumb, antiquated system that needs to go up in flames. Clearly I have no feelings on the matter LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649889 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 15:45:33 +0000 Adira 2649889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each state determines how they allot their electoral college votes. Most states have decided to adopt a winner-takes-all version, so if one candidate wins 51% of the votes, they get all the EC votes. But some states split up their EC votes by district (Maine and Nebraska are the only two), so the winner of each districts gets a set number of votes and then the winner overall gets another vote (or something like that).</p> <p>So states can decide to change the way they allot their EC votes if they wanted to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649856 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:32:50 +0000 FaithFertility 2649856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I explained this to my 21 yr old sister the other day that made it just seem odd and really weird it was the first time in a long time I really though about it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649848 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:24:31 +0000 lamariniere 2649848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really wish we could get rid of it so that we could have a direct democracy and every vote would truly count. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649840 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:17:50 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2649840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was talking about this with my DH today. I would love it if electoral college votes could be split based on the popular vote. I voted blue in a red state so it does feel a bit like my vote doesn't count. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-do-you-think-of-the-electoral-college#post-2649833 Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:09:43 +0000 ShootingStar 2649833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm curious what other people think of the electoral college process we have in the US. I personally hate it. I think it makes the vast majority of people feel like their vote is meaningless. </p> <p>I learned today that there's been an effort to ensure that the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide is elected president. To do this, states make a pact to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will go into effect once they get to enough agreement to have 270 electoral votes (the same number needed to win a presidential election). </p>