Posted by Lennybruce26 on 7/15/2023 12:49:00 PM (view original):
I thought there was a House of Representatives in addition to the senate.
Other major industrial democracies operate without an electoral college, just fine.
The first sentence is undeniably true.
However, there are no other major democracies. As a matter of fact, there is not a single democracy on the planet. There are Republics, Theocracies, Monarchies, Oligarchies, Dictatorships of various flavors...hell, some countries have no effective governmental form at all.
Name what you think is a democracy and I'll post what their actual, official and legal governmental form is. Democracy is a currently a concept since no working example exists.
As far as the USA is concerned, I'll break it down in easy and simple terms. Representatives and Senators are not USA offices, they are offices of the State they are elected from. You can argue Pennsylvania is a democracy. The USA is certainly not. The only national offices the USA have are President and Vice-President. True Fact. The Electoral College was put in place to PREVENT democracy, where the people would be voting directly (the textbook definition of a Democracy.). You do not vote for Pres/VP. The Electoral College does it for you. In effect, the President and Vice-President are appointed by the Electoral College.
But you know this. It simply does not fit your agenda.