Electoral College

Today, Electoral College I believe is actually set up rather well. I believe that it is set up in a way that the larger states get more say because they have more people. If it was set up like the US Senate, then that wouldn't be fair. Also, It is run by the majority, just a majority, not two-thirds, or three-fourths or something. And lastly, Electoral College is educated representatives that understand politics and what is going on rather than people from the local districts that are pulled at random like a jury duty. However, I also believe that there could be even more accurate and true representations. In addition, it appears that only the very wealthy, the top 1% have even a shot at the presidency. What if there was the next Abraham Lincoln or better sitting in a corn field in Medicine Hat, North Dakota or halfway to Timbuktu living a comfortable but simplistic rural lifestyle, but he has better ideas, he knows business because of his crops, and relations because of his excellent customer service? What about people like that? Should we really shun even middle class people from running because of costs? This is how I believe we should elect the president.

I believe the election should be like the stock market. Here is how it works, anybody that wants to be president stands on the market, there could be hundreds of thousands even. They post all their ideas on a website and people can search based on what they want to know. Social issues, Health Care, foreign affairs, industry, environmental concerns, and have their biography with education, experience, religion, etc. Each profile stands on the market. People then click "like" or "dislike" as if it was a youtube video. (They can vote as many as they want) At the end of the voting period, they take all the people and take their likes and subtract their dislikes and that becomes their score. Campaigning is not allowed except for what they put on their profile. People don't pay extra to get their names higher on the list, it is all in a database and people can scroll through and search by any category they like. The person at the end of the voting period with the highest score is our new president, assuming he meets all the legal responsibilities. I believe that this is better because literally every person's vote counts but they also can say whom they dislike, also it gives opportunities for everyone to run if they choose and everyone has equal opportunities, and there are more options, if there are only two options then you many not like either but feel obligated to vote for someone. This method is cheap, you can do it from the comforts of your own home, people may argue that not everyone has a computer, true, but not everyone has a way to get to a voting booth, and there are no lines, and if you are impartial, you just don't say anything. But this way you can speak out if you dislike someone also rather than just like.