Why do we use electoral voting instead of majority vote?
Why do the United States prefer electing their presidents by electoral vote instead of popular vote?
Which countries use the popular vote to elect their president and do these examples support the popular vote as a good idea for the U.S.? Why don't presidential candidates choose early voting? Why do US citizens still vote for their president while their votes don't count? If all US States assigned electoral votes proportionally how different would the US Presidential Election results be? What's at least one reason that you've decided NOT to vote for one major candidate versus the other in the 2016 United States presidential election? Why do some Americans vote only Democratic or Republican? Isn't it our civic duty to pick the candidate that will do the best job? Do you live in state with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that would allow popular vote to elect the President? Does the Electoral College have the power to reject Trump, or any candidate for that matter, if enough electors decided to change their vote? Does compulsory voting strengthen or weaken democracy? What do American voters value more in presidential elections? The past record of the candidate or the promises made by him? Which presidents have endorsed and campaigned for presidential candidates? Would US elections be any different if everyone who was allowed to vote did so? How does gerrymandering affect presidential elections? Are any certain politicians not allowed to vote in the US presidential election? Can presidential candidates vote? If either Trump or Clinton won the popular vote and lost the electoral vote would there be chaos and challenges to the voting process? What happens if presidential candidates cannot get the required amount of electoral votes? Will the US ever use Single Transferable Vote in their elections? Why does the United States seem to have only 2 political parties for voting? Can USA voters 'write in' their choice for President, as in a 'write in vote'? Are the members of the electoral college obliged to vote for the candidate they represent? Should the US electoral college be abolished or should it be used as the founders designed it to be used? What is gerrymandering and how can it affect presidential elections? Can the electoral college in December choose or decide that they don't want Trump as President anymore? Why don't better people run for U.S. President? How will write-in votes for President be counted? I.e. now that far more are *certain* to do so -- how's that work in the electoral college? What are the disadvantages of using Range Voting in the US voting system? How could the US electoral voting system be changed? Why don't US representatives run for president? Will a high voter turnout favor Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?