I love how the losing candidate sometimes says stuff like "I think some voters were confused by the ballot" and stuff. If a person is dumb enough to be confused by a simple set of checkboxes, I doubt they can understand the ramifications of the candidate they intended to choose anyway, making the whole decision simply based on which of the two candidates has a name the voter can even pronounce.
And that sir sums up the US vote.Good thing we have the Electorial College.
An electoral college is a set of many electors who are empowered to elect a candidate to a particular office. Often these electors represent different organizations or entities, with each organization or entity represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way. Many times, though, the electors are simply important persons whose wisdom, it is hoped, would provide a better choice than a larger body. The system can ignore the wishes of a general membership, whose thinking need not be considered.
Very good post BC_Programmer.
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