Why are presidents elected?

Originally Posted by deadally

The next president can't be Joe Blow. There are credentials and restrictions to run for the presidency.

If Joe Blow is a natural born citizen, at least 35 years old and has been a resident in the United States for 14 years, Joe Blow can be president.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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I'm trying to say, the average person doesn't know the president's job, and hence can't choose a proper candidate for the job. And since it's such an important position, it shouldn't be left around willy-nilly like that.

And that is why the president is ulimately not chosen by the hundreds of millions of voters in the country, but by 538 electors.

You're asking why a republic elects its head of state. It's just how the system works. Someone has to decide who does the job, and since there's no higher office, you don't have a higher-up appoint one.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

No, he entered the Senate as a living being, then was merely grandfathered in as a zombie.

Because again, there are no laws specifically prohibiting a zombie from seeking re-election.

About this, is there something inherent in long-held jobs that makes it possible to continue holding them as a zombie? In Thurmond's case, he held his Senate seat for the longest time, then dropped dead soon after his final term ended; presumably whatever was keeping him from truly dying was cancelled at that point. (See also: Robert Byrd, Bear Bryant.)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

That automatically disqualifies them, unless we're talking about Chucky, or some other kind of possessed doll/object.

How ya doing, buddy?