How America will vote
I don't know about irrational. In many cases, they are a very rational way for certain people to keep other certain people from voting.
Also, not all of the original framers of the constitution were too keen on letting every Tom, Dick and Harry vote. Alexander Hamilton, for one, feared direct democracy or universal suffrage (why is it called suffrage) would just be "mob rule" (although I'm not sure that's how he described it).
While I think that in the final analysis, the argument for universal suffrage is persuasive, the recent trends of elections in this country suggest that he did have a point.
US electoral rules are often irrational on their face, and in fact are useful illustrations of the myriad ways in which those in power have sought to perpetuate same while still paying lip service to the country's "democratic ideals".
Also, not all of the original framers of the constitution were too keen on letting every Tom, Dick and Harry vote. Alexander Hamilton, for one, feared direct democracy or universal suffrage (why is it called suffrage) would just be "mob rule" (although I'm not sure that's how he described it).
While I think that in the final analysis, the argument for universal suffrage is persuasive, the recent trends of elections in this country suggest that he did have a point.
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