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In response to "So are we, incidentally.. (NM)" by Marlowe

But (correct me if I'm wrong) Brazil doesn't have an electoral college, it has a national vote in two stages, first to select the most popular two

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Oct 12 '16, 06:59

candidates and then a second to choose between them. So national elections are organised at the national level.

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(aside, not news to ST: I *HATE* the electoral college) -- nm - ty97 Oct 12, 07:05 10
- What would be a better option? Popular vote doesn't work. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 07:10 9
  - Popular vote works fine IMO, and it's what we should use. - ty97 Oct 12, 07:20 4
    - It pushes the power to the big cities and states and negates the need to bother with rural voters as their vote won't matter much anymore. - Krusty Oct 12, 07:27 2
      - On the contrary, place of residence will be completely removed from the equation. The votes of rural voters and urban voters will matter exactly equal -- nm - mara Oct 12, 08:40
      - They matter as much as.. - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:32
    - Until there's a nationwide version of 2000 and we descend into civil war. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 07:23
  - Why? It usually gets the same result, doesn't it? (NM) - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:19 3
    - It changes who matters to the candidates as they'll only focus on the big cities and states while ignoring the rural voters. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 07:30 2
      - That's not what I see here, from experience.. - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:34 1
        
        When you can reach millions over thousands you'll focus on the millions. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 08:02
Correct.. - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:03 5
- I think it's because in Brazil, all elections are regulated at the federal level, while in the US they're regulated at the state level - Roger More Oct 12, 07:20 4
  - Well.. - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:21 3
    - Thanks for clarifying - but the question is the same: shouldn't Salvadoreans be able to decide for themselves how to elect their politicians? - Roger More Oct 12, 07:24 2
      - That's a good question... - Marlowe Oct 12, 07:29 1
        
        Different countries define what powers to have at the national level and what to have at the state/provincial level in different ways. - Roger More Oct 12, 08:07

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