Re:I wasn't going to vote. (Score 1)

I'm not sure that you understand the concept of a Republic. The national government is not supposed to be a democracy -- it is supposed to be a network of smaller, independent democratic states. The electoral college is meant to allow each member state to have an equal say in who leads the republic. This is flawed, however, but the existence of the House of Representatives. We are not a true republic, and are slowly sliding down into national (and eventually global) majoritarianism. So much for diversity. HJ