Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe V.
Their support was on the losing side of the four person race. Period. It really is a simple concept.
|
You said it was mob rule and contrary to a constitutional republic. I understand the concept of plurality deciding an election. I propose a better option than plurality rule and it is majority rule which you derided as mob rule and anti-democratic [small d].
As you didn't respond to my request for why it is mob rule and contrary in some way to the Constitution, I'll point out that in fact the US Constitution has a form of rank choice voting in its method of selecting the President. If no person gets a majority of the electoral votes only the top three vote getters are then submitted to the House. The lower persons are dropped and the House then votes for the remaining candidates. The person who initially got the most electoral votes is absolutely not automatically the POTUS.
In 1824 there were four men who had electoral votes. Andrew Jackson had the most electoral votes and the most citizen votes. In the house the fourth place finisher was eliminated and all his support went to the second place finisher which made John Q Adams the President. This is an example of ranked choice. Entirely Constitutional and supported by our Founding Fathers.