Talk:United States Electoral College
I've not looked very closely (not a subject that interests me), but it seems that Electoral college already covers most of this and what will be here in the future. --Camembert
Fixed. Electoral college is now a redirect. -- Gregory Pietsch
Are there non-US "electoral college"s to be disambiguated against? Should both words be capitalized or not? --Brion 18:27 Sep 16, 2002 (UTC)
I don't know if any other country uses this system of voting. If there is such a country, let me know. -- Gregory Pietsch
- Not knowing of one, I'd suggest moving the article back to the original location at Electoral college. --Brion
Although I do not know if there are any other functioning electoral colleges, the idea is not entirely unique to the US -- I believe that Napolean instituted, or proposed to institute, something similar in function when he first took power. (needless to say the institution, if it was ever implemented, was very short-lived!) Slrubenstein
The point about the 10 largest cities being the swing in a large election, was changed to the 10 largest states, this is a mistake. I think it should be returned. The entire point about majority rule is that large population centers (not states, but the cities themselves) can exert a tyranny over the smallest states. Where I live, the population of New York City is more than twice as large as my entire state - making this a very real worry.
- Yeah, but New York City doesn't get an electoral vote. Electoral votes go to states, not cities. Of course it is also true that nowadays states with large electoral votes tend to have large cities, but back when the system was created in the 18th century there were no metropolises of the size we know today, and almost all states were mostly rural. The focus of the system is on states, not cities per se. soulpatch
- I know NYC doesn't get electoral votes, that's the point - the difference between the college and a direct election where a strict majority (or usually) a plurality rules. I don't want that because the cities will always out vote me and my rural compatriots. Dobbs 18:34 Sep 27, 2002 (UTC)
On the title of the page. Upon looking for other systems that used the Electoral College system, I found there weren't any. I vote (<GRIN>) to return it to Electoral College - that's how people are going to look it up anyway. Dobbs 17:57 Sep 27, 2002 (UTC)