(01-09-2019, 01:51 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(01-09-2019, 01:38 PM)B2hibry Wrote: Preserve "the sense of the people" while staving off the "tyranny of the majority." This is the reason for Electoral College. Just watching all this political infighting makes me more appreciative of it every day. Without it, you can bet we'd have factions or corrupt groups directly buying and/or intimidating to get who they wanted into political office. Some could argue that it almost takes place now but this would be quite different. Look towards places like Turkey, Venezuela, North Korea, etc. to see how it plays out.

North Korea? Really? Dude, you're reaching hard. NK hasn't been a democracy, direct or otherwise, since before Kim Jong Un's grandfather was around.

Comprehension dude. Those are examples of distressed governments that have Presidents elected by popular, albeit intimidated vote. There was no direct country comparison of governments inferred. It's about election "fraud."

But to your point. Yes, North Korea or the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) actually holds elections. Get rid of the Electoral College and watch how are system morphs with intimidation and elections just become a formality.

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