Message from @Anon365

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2019-01-05 19:50:18 UTC  

No we wouldn't

2019-01-05 19:50:23 UTC  

Yes, we would

2019-01-05 19:50:24 UTC  

As the federal republic goes

2019-01-05 19:50:25 UTC  

nope

2019-01-05 19:50:29 UTC  

You do realise with the EC

2019-01-05 19:50:39 UTC  

any elector can refuse to vote for the candidate

2019-01-05 19:50:50 UTC  

Anyways, most Americans wanting to abolish the EC doesn't mean anything

2019-01-05 19:50:58 UTC  

As America is not a democracy, for this reason precisely

2019-01-05 19:51:06 UTC  

and the EC is given by the founding fathers

2019-01-05 19:51:12 UTC  

"At its core, the literal meaning of the word republic when used to reference a form of government means: "a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader (such as a president) rather than by a king or queen"

2019-01-05 19:51:27 UTC  

Yes

2019-01-05 19:51:31 UTC  

The US would be governed by elected leaders

2019-01-05 19:51:35 UTC  

correct

2019-01-05 19:51:36 UTC  

and it is

2019-01-05 19:51:37 UTC  

And the president would still be elected

2019-01-05 19:51:47 UTC  

the president is elected

2019-01-05 19:51:49 UTC  

through the EC

2019-01-05 19:51:54 UTC  

which is a federal republoic

2019-01-05 19:52:02 UTC  

if you remove the EC you no longer have a federal republic

2019-01-05 19:52:09 UTC  

In a Federal Republic, the way the president is elected doesn't matter

2019-01-05 19:52:40 UTC  

As long as there are representatives (congress in this case) it would still be a federal republic

2019-01-05 19:53:20 UTC  

And the fact that removing the EC would transition into a democracy

2019-01-05 19:53:26 UTC  

which is not what America was founded on

2019-01-05 19:53:38 UTC  

Nope

2019-01-05 19:53:54 UTC  

Oops

2019-01-05 19:53:58 UTC  

The EC being removed only changes the way the president is elected

2019-01-05 19:53:58 UTC  

I meant it was a constitional republic

2019-01-05 19:53:59 UTC  

sorry

2019-01-05 19:54:01 UTC  

Correct

2019-01-05 19:54:05 UTC  

that would be popular vote

2019-01-05 19:54:07 UTC  

which is democratic

2019-01-05 19:54:20 UTC  

Not a federal republic but a constitutional republic

2019-01-05 19:54:30 UTC  

EC is useless

2019-01-05 19:54:33 UTC  

The US would still be governed by representatives

2019-01-05 19:54:36 UTC  

"A constitutional republic is a form of government, where the head of state and other representatives are elected from a group of people."

2019-01-05 19:54:41 UTC  

No it's not

2019-01-05 19:54:43 UTC  

the EC is perfectly fine

2019-01-05 19:54:48 UTC  

notice the "group of people"

2019-01-05 19:54:56 UTC  

Which is what the EC is

2019-01-05 19:55:04 UTC  

as any elector can change their stance

2019-01-05 19:55:09 UTC  

which in a democracy they can't