DaShanne StokesDenying the popular vote is un- American and anti-democratic.
About This Quote
In the United States, the people vote in presidential elections, but their votes are not decisive. In a direct election, getting a majority of the popular vote would win a candidate the presidency. This is what happened in 2000, when Al Gore received nearly 500,000 more votes than George W. Bush, yet Bush was elected.
The Electoral College system is an anti-democratic feature of the U.S. political system because it does not give equal weight to all Americans' votes.
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