After a long and hectic electoral campaign (for many also quite botched), A small part of Americans elect the most important ruler in the world. The most important, but not necessarily the one with the most votes. The democracy of the country that most influences public life and is most involved in governing among the nearly 200,000 countries in which the planet is distributed, is governed by very old rules that for historians could date back to the times of colonialism. British.
What is surprising, and surely unfair, is that Not all citizens count the same when adding their vote. First, because before going to the polls, if they are native, they have to register in the census that gives the right to participate. A significant majority, around 50%, do not bother and from the start the choice is reduced to the most politicized, which leaves the so-called out of the election. ticket presidential (president and vice president) to half of the citizens.
The second premise of the system is that the vote acquires value only by the State in which it is made: 48 of the 50 that make up the Federation, with the partial exception of Nebraska and Maine. The count of the votes of each State provides what is called the electoral candidate, who will ultimately represent the votes of all parties, particularly the Democrats and the Republicans, without distinction, which makes their differences count. The result, that is, The election of the new president is the final sum of the representatives (delegates) of all the states. The rest of the voters lack courage.
Each State has a number of ‘electoral votes’ proportional to its population: the one with the most, California, has 44 and the number varies; secondly that of Texas; and the last, that of Maine, with six. The number of all voters taken into account is 538 and the winner is the one who exceeds the figure of 270. In the event of a tie, it will be the chambers of representatives and the Senate, which are both formed through complex, but fairer systems.
In mathematical practice, the president, who I repeat is considered the most powerful in the world, is not necessarily the one with the most votes in North America: taking into account that between the two finalists they only account for 50% of the potential voter and that the final system only counts the sum of the states, in which they are usually very equal, The elected person almost never reaches 30% of the voters. And the most unfair thing is that, frequently, the one who adds the most individual votes is the one who loses.
Nor is it worth adding that elections, which begin in caucuses, primaries and conventions, can be said to be a model of democratic cleansing: The result is the result of group fanaticism, racial conditions and often money. of the millions that its various stakeholders contribute to finance the process. This involves industrial and commercial factors that throughout the campaign contribute often astronomical amounts and modest donations from humble supporters.
The cleaning of all these steps is not always rigorous either, but among everything a name emerges, the one that has the power to influence the rest of humanity, from involving it in conflicts and wars to deciding to resort to atomic weapons. The result involves luck, not only of the winner, but of everyone. The comparison that fits between us is very simple: the most similar is the Lottery game, with the jackpot reserved for luck and the stone for those who do not play or buy more tenths. It is true that in this case luck affects us all.
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