Can some political science major explain how every vote counts, but. . . .
But, when it comes right down to brass-tacks, in reality, the ONLY votes
that really count are those of the delegates and super delegates, who can
vote for whom so ever they please? As we already know from the fiasco of
an election of 2000, Al Gore won the popular vote, yet we have George Bush
as President of the U. S. Now, how did this happen?Since that time, l feel
that this country is no longer a democracy, and the ''commoners'' votes do
not count at all. Can someone please explain (in plain English, not legaleze)WHY we even bother to hold so-called elections, when the only votes that count are the delegates/super delegates?ALSO, prior to this primary, does anyone else remember Guam & Puerto Rico being in on this process?l do NOT--this is a first to me.Thank you for helping me TRY to understand this process. Please, no smart-alec , I've heard them all.
In fact, only superdelegates can vote for ''whom so ever they
please''. Delegates, selected based on the popular vote in their state or
district, are pledged to support a particular candidate unless that
candidate releases them from that obligation (i.e., by dropping out of the
race). For the Democratic Party, delegates are given to each candidate in
proportion to how they did in that district or state - i.e., if Obama won
60% of the vote, he will get about 60% of the delegates. Thus, ur vote affects how many delegates ur candidate will receive. Regarding Guam & Puerto Rico: they're allowed to vote in the primaries for President, but their votes don't count in the general election in the fall. You've never heard about them before because their primaries never mattered before. The general election works a bit differently. Each state is allocated a number of electors based on its size. In all but a couple of smaller states (Maine & Nebraska, if you care), the winner of a state wins all the electors. So you get the same number whether you win 51% of the vote of 99%. That means that a candidate could win the popular vote but lose the election if the number of states he loses by a small margin (51%-49%) negate those he wins by a large margin (75%-25%, say). Your vote matters in who wins the state, but once ur candidate has the majority the rest of the votes he gets don't really matter.
The United States is not and never has been a democracy, it is
called a Representative Republic.
A democracy is basically majority rules and this is mob rule, so in
America the voters vote for Representatives to represent them, it is
called the electoral college and is in place to give small states an equal
vote as large states.
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