04-29-2004, 09:11 PM
If we were to have direct election, first of all, there would need to be an amendment to the Constitution, which would never be accepted by a majority of the states, and even if so, would be found unconstiutional by the Supreme Court. But, say the amendment went through. At that point, you can eliminate the party system, because how would you nominate candidates? State primaries would no longer be necessary, because you have removed the ability for a state to choose presidents. So, now you have a large list of candidates, from all over the country, and the one who gets their message out to the most people wins. If you are a canidate from North Dakota, you are not going to go to NYC and win votes, because they probably have a candidate just as qualified, and supports the same issues, except he's from NYC. And the NYC canidate isn't going to beat the candidate in LA. You will have a bunch of candidates from populus areas of the country, and no vote in any state other than California, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Massachusettes matters.