You can turn them onoff when you want . It ' s usually a program . <| sep |> That was just the average as it seemed earlier this week when I looked . I could have been off a few days . <| sep |> Oops , I put most things are with perspective . <| sep |> I ' ve been playing in that area going for white elephant an oddly annoying advisement . Indonesia is ridiculously rich . <| sep |> No , I might as well have said I want everyone to be heard , but there ' s way more urban citizens so we need to balance the scales a bit so that rural citizens can be heard too . I never said or implied that rural citizens should dominate politics , and I don ' t know why you assumed I live in a rural area . I was born in one but live in a big city now so the electoral college weakens my vote too . I ' m trying to say what would be best for everyone . The fact is we are reliant on each other , and it ' s impossible to get people to vote in somebody else ' s interest . A straight popular vote would result in urban citizens dominating . The current system balances it too far towards the rural citizens . We need a better compromise . Personally I think enforcing the electorates to be proportional to the popular vote for each state like Maine and Nebraska would be a good solution . In elections when a candidate wins the popular vote by a lot , the electoral college wouldn ' t likely favor the other candidate , that would only happen when the popular vote was close . Further , it would still encourage more people to vote like a straight popular vote would .