Oddbean

Whingey Voice: “it’s not a democracy it’s a republic” LOL It’s a Kleptocracy at this point It hasn’t been a republic in a long time. Once we go back to electors not being elected by the people and senators being appointed by governors you can say that. Not anymore. The president is not the president of the people he is the president of the states themselves, people were never supposed to vote for president and now it’s a big fucking retardfest. But anyway, thank you for your service

Simply doing a brave search it returns this: ------------- Citizens have been voting for the US President since the first presidential election in 1789. According to the Constitution, the Electoral College system was established to elect the President and Vice President. In the first presidential election, held in 1789, electors from each state cast their votes for George Washington, who was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States. ---------------- Could you provide any thing that states that the citizens of the US were "never supposed to vote for president"? Last I checked the US is still are representative republic, while corrupt it still is. And I tried to respond in the "Whingey" voice I could.