It was made so the people could not decide the leaders in the government, but instead the more educated. This is because the founding fathers were afraid of true democracy.

Too bad the people don't elect the president. The states do.

Uh... duh. But you implied this was a good thing?

The people of each state vote for who they want their state to vote for, and then the state (through the electoral college) casts a vote for whoever the majority of the people voted for.

No... the members of the electoral college could vote for whoever they darn well wanna. Though usually they follow the vote of the state.

This is not a "technicality." It is a deliberate institution within the American government system to balance power between the states and the federal government.

No, of course not. The point was/is to keep the uneducated from choosing a populist leader.

America is not a Democracy. It is a Democratic Republic. No one ever said that majority rules.

Exactly! This is a problem.

To the rest of this post:

It's misleading and prejudiced. It demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of American culture, society, or government. People should learn about things, or better yet visit places, before they spout off about them.

Possibly.


"With the recent accomplishment of the manned lunar landing.... The 1981 manned Mars mission (1982 landing on Mars) is shown as an integral part of the total space program in the next two decades."
- Space Task Group August 4. 1969