Electoral Reforms are urgently needed in the U S A
When the American Constitution was framed in the eighteenth century, after the Continental Congress decided to form a federal republic the U S was certainly the mostmdemocratic nation in a world where kings and queens still reigned. Madison in the Fedaralist argued for a Republic. The great historian fron John Hopkins University J G A Pocock in his books has stated that the concept of Republic that the founding fathers had was based on the model provided by classical Rome before it turned into an Empire. In fact the architecture both civic and political in Washington D C closely parallels that of Republican Rome. Captol Hill and Senate are just the examples that come to mind.
More important, is the republic even democratic. It is possible for a candidate to get the majority of the popular vote as did Al Gore in 2000 and the defeated candidate be declared President. This is because the antiquated Electoral College System that prevails in the USA by which the winner takes all the college votes. The rule must be ammended in order to provide for propotional representation. 17 times in US history a defeated candidte has been declared elected because of the electoral college system. The framers of the constitution had 18th century politics in mind when they divided the voted according to
the states constituting the Federation. They were mortally afraid of apopilar king like Bonaparte in France. Now with the USA
having more that 250 years of a continous democrttic tradition, there is no need for this undemocratic provision. Grass root politic
workers must organize and educate the people about his antiquated provision.
If this is not done the whole country will end up like Florida in 2000 when the Bushmen stole the election and imposed an illegal]
war on the people with untold misery both for the Americans and more so for the Iraqis.