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The idea is not mine but belongs to an Answermug friend. What do you think of it and why?

He thinks (and I agree) that the person who GETS THE MOST VOTES SHOULD BE PRESIDENT. He also thinks  the runnerup should be the veep. It's that last part that is very thought-provoking.

Imagine Hillary as president(she got almost 3 million MORE votes than dumb don) and dumb don as her veep!

Dumb don would never stand for being second banana TO A WOMAN especially and to Hillary most definitely. Putting that aside and pretending he would serve in that capacity what kind of gubment would we see?

What would be the potentialities possibilities sure things? Quite an idea isn't it?

Posted - March 8, 2020
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  • 10699
    It may sound good on paper, but there may be flaws.  Different parties have different ideologies, and these ideologies would constantly clash.  And if the POTUS ever had to vacate the position, the shift in party power would not be want the majority of voters wanted.

    For example, let's say Biden was a republican and Sanders was a democrat.  Now let's say that Biden won the presidential election.  That would make Sanders his VP.  The ideologies of those two are quite opposing.  If Biden ever stepped down, Sanders would put forth his socialist views - against the wishes of the majority of voters who elected Biden.
      March 8, 2020 2:44 PM MDT
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  • 113301
    If you were ever elected to any office Shuhak would you select/appoint a member of the opposition party to any powerful position in your gubment? Whether it be the Mayor of a City, Governor of a State or President of the United States? Would that be a sure way to fail at accomplishing anything or might it be a possible way to heal divides that will be our downfall I think? Thank you for your reply! :) This post was edited by RosieG at March 9, 2020 9:31 AM MDT
      March 9, 2020 3:51 AM MDT
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  • 10699
    No I wouldn't.  Again, it may sound good, but given the way our parties hate each other it would more than likely be disastrous.  Our government spends more time trying to get back at the other party than doing the job at hand.  Republicans blame democrats, democrats blame republicans.
      March 9, 2020 9:35 AM MDT
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  • 11263
    The idea actually came from the Founding Fathers. It was based on the Electoral College, not the popular vote and it didn't work out.

    The drafters of the Constitution set up a system in which presidents were chosen by members of an Electoral College, and each elector got to vote for two people. The candidate with the most electoral votes (as long as it was a majority) became president, while the second-place finisher was awarded the VP title.

    In 1796, two men from opposing political parties, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, were elected president and vice president, respectively, making governing challenging. The system’s flaws continued to be exposed in 1800, when Jefferson and his party’s preferred choice for veep, Aaron Burr, pulled in the same number of electoral votes, sending the contest to the House of Representatives, which selected Jefferson for president on the 36th ballot.

    By the time of the 1804 election, the 12th Amendment had been ratified, replacing the original system with the current one requiring electors to cast a separate vote for president and VP.

      March 9, 2020 10:08 AM MDT
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