The voting process

[Robk0000]

Makes no sense whatsoever!

Delegates, super delegates and nominating a winner per state based on delegates...WTF does that mean, i thought when you vote, your vote gets tallied onto a big list of other people who voted for the same dude and then the dude with the most votes wins?

What the hell are super delagates?

Ans: A delegate is a person who is generally empowered to represent a larger group. Such a group might be a union, a non-profit organization, a state, a political organization or a corporation (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-corporation.htm)

Now i see on CNN that they are counting the winner by counting the most delegate votes? Wouldnt that just bypass the whole election process and narrow down the whole election to include only the people who are these special delegates?

Im not even going to get started with a Super Delegate because that will certainly add to this cluster **** of a problem that we are dealing with here.


end rant...please share your thoughts.

[rogerdugans]

In recent years our election system has come under a lot of scrutiny for many reasons, including the ones you posted.

I have done some research into it, for my own curiosity, and will post my impression of that bit-

Back when the US was formed, communication and travel were difficult and most residents were not well educated. For those reasons, instead of trying to get every persons vote, citizens would elect Delegates who would (hopefully) be educated, knowledgeable and could be trusted to make a well informed decision on WHO the best people to elect were and vote for them.
Back then it really did make some sense.

Now... well, it makes less sense but it is very difficult to get the system changed. (This difficulty is actually part of how the system was designed to prevent really stupid ideas being implemented.)

Part of the problem with getting the Electoral College system changed NOW includes all the election problems that have happened in the last few years:
without an accurate, reliable alternative, changing the system that is in place now is unlikely.

Much talk has floated about concerning electronic voting, and states are trying to implement that (in part as a move towards direct votes) but that is troublesome as well.

Any of the above may be less than perfectly accurate, but it is the info I have gotten from looking into the whole process.

Not saying I am real happy about it either...

[Bu11dogg2]

Two words

Electoral College.

You think you REALLY have a say in who becomes president?

Gore had more votes then Bush ;)

[Robk0000]

right...