Evan Bayh Knows a Thing or Two About Politics…

…too bad the Senator hasn’t the slightest clue how Presidents are elected in the United States of America.
newsobserver.com | Evan Bayh: Making a stand on stewardship

Q: Why do you think we should abolish the Electoral College?
A: “I think our president should be chosen by the majority of the American people. That is ordinarily the case. But in 2000, as we all recall, we elected this president with fewer votes than the other candidate got. I just don’t think in the modern era that is appropriate.”

No, Senator. The President is never chosen by a majority of the American people. While it’s true that the popular vote has typically gone in favor of the President-Elect, the Electoral College always has the job of electing the President (unless, of course, there is no winner in the Electoral College and then it goes to the House of Representatives).
I guarantee you that if John Kerry had won the Presidency in 2004 lacking a majority of the popular vote, Bayh would be singing a different song. People don’t always like the outcome, but the Electoral College works. It preserves our electoral process and ensures that it doesn’t change on the whim of one political party or the other.
But then, I don’t know what Evan Bayh is so concerned about. He’s in no danger of winning either the popular vote or the Electoral College.
William Smith
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