But with the current US system, it only takes one solitary vote...
And you can be sure the candidates will be voting for themselves, and their families and friends along with them, not to mention all those parties who have an interest financial, political or otherwise is what "their" candidate stands for.
From an outsiders perspective, one of the biggest problems with the US system is that voting is optional and so the elected person(s) are far from representative of what the total populaton really wants. Yes, everyone is entitled to vote, but even here in Australia where it is compulsory for 18+, a small number fail to do it (and end up fined, etc).
Another issue seems to be the MASSIVELY long campaign time. By election day EVERYONE is soooooo sick of politics they just want to bury their head in the sand and hope it all goes away. Limiting the campaigns in some way and making voting compulsory would, in my opinion anyway, result in a radicially different election outcome and possibly reduce the influence of the "special interest" groups who I'm sure are offering "incentives" of some kind or another to anyone who votes.
From an outsiders viewpoint, it's a crap system.
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