Message from @sɪᴅɪsɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴇ

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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

2019-01-05 19:55:14 UTC  

Which is fine by me tbh

2019-01-05 19:55:51 UTC  

Obviously trump supporters are going to like the EC since it lets them win even if they are the minority lol

2019-01-05 19:55:56 UTC  

Not really

2019-01-05 19:56:01 UTC  

it's more of the fact that it's not a pure democracy

2019-01-05 19:56:06 UTC  

and the founding fathers created it

2019-01-05 19:56:09 UTC  

with good thoughts

2019-01-05 19:56:22 UTC  

If we change the way the president is elected, will there be chaos?

2019-01-05 19:56:28 UTC  

I guarentee you would say the same if Trump won the pop vote but lost

2019-01-05 19:56:32 UTC  

Will the country collapse?

2019-01-05 19:56:36 UTC  

Thats not the point

2019-01-05 19:56:44 UTC  

thats not how you justify removing something like the EC

2019-01-05 19:56:55 UTC  

The point is the EC prevents a democracy

2019-01-05 19:56:58 UTC  

which is true and good

2019-01-05 19:56:59 UTC  

The point of the EC is to prevent someone who is unqualified from becoming elected obviously that failed considering who won in 2016