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How would you choose a President?

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This fear of tyranny by majority voting is as spurious and contrived an argument as I've ever heard. To my knowledge, every other elected official in this country--governors, Senators, House members, state legislators, county executives, city mayors, aldermen, and many judges--are all put in office by the direct vote of their constituents. Are these all examples of tyrannical majorities? The idea is preposterous. Voters have sometimes elected poor performers. But that's an error of judgement--not tyranny. The President's constituency is the entire population. And, just like all these other officials, s(he) should be elected directly by the entire voting population.
 
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