Why do we choose just 2 people for president and 50 for miss america?
480189
Because it's much more important to pick a good Miss America.
522958
Actually more people probably care more about the President, than they do about the next Idol.The difference is you can only cast 1 vote for president,and you can cast as many votes for an Idol as you wish(unlimited).Which of course explains why they have figures like 64 million votes on Idol.Less people voting casting innumerable votes per individual as opposed to more people voting for president but limited to one vote.
441201
We have a two party political system that has developed in our country.  In what we call our primary election, the two parties put up candidates that want to run for the presidency. Each party holds an election to see who will be the candidate for their party. Each party could have as many candidates as people that want to run. In the last election there were at least 6-8 democrats that ran to see if they could get elected from their party to fun against the republican party.\n\nNormally the party that is in office don't run anyone against the person that is occupying the office of president because they want to show unity. It is not to say that at sometimes others don't run it just that on a norm others don't run against a candidate that is already in the office.\n\nOnce the two parties have selected their candidates the two then run against each other to see who will be the president of the United States.\n\nEvery now and then you might find a third party candidate that have met a majority of the states requirements to run a third party candidate. This does happen a few times as we have several small parties that put up candidates like the Green party and Independent Party are the two most outstanding ones I know.\n\nThis is basically why we normally have two people running for the office of the presidency.\n\nOther countries such as England and France have a different system with lots of parties.\n\nI hope this will be of help to you, good luck
1001695
It wont matter if you people get a democrat or republican in there as most of your voting machines are fixed and both main candidates are chosen by the New World Order global elitists.  Your 2 leading candidates are like 2 arms on the same body and are there to give you an impression that you actually have a choice, when in fact you don't. Whether they are democrat or republican they push forward a  global agenda.  Bush and Kerry were both Skull and Bones brothers and also family cousins.  It would not have mattered which got in. Your question is therefore  redundant.
709826
Ooooh, that's an easy one.  Because they're idiots.\n\nI expect they are counted in some contests, but not all.
817545
Because it's a right for us to see who were electing. Thanks to all those who fought for our right to vote, we can decide what to do. Voting means that you can control who you're voting for in the elections and if that representative does a lousy job, you can vote him/her out. Of course, it would be better if you had a field of options not like the average race where you have between 1 and 3 at the very least.
962742
There are many more than two parties.  Some of the others have been elected and hold office locally and nationally.  The big two tie up most of the money and have the PR firms to groom their image, speech writers and campiagn managers to distract you from the issues.  The rest run on issues, which most people don't seem to understand.  Also Americans have an awful habit of wanting to vote for a winner instead of who they beleive would do the best job.  The two parties dominate because we are lazy voters.
77109
If you mean _American_ president, I really hope it's an African American woman, somebody non-Caucasian, non-male, non-whatever-previous-presidents-have-been, because it's time to drastically change, wake up the small-minded people, and have a brand new view on how to rule this country!
1143826
We do every couple of years or so its called an election.\n\nThe last presidential election was participated in by about 30% of those eligible to vote.  Pretty pathetic huh?  To put that into perspective more people vote for the American Idol than did for the last president.\n\nIf you are don't like the way things are going, or if you do like them you need to make your thoughts known at the ballot box.\n\nGet your friends involved until people get off their asses and participate nothing is going to change either way.
264540
but iamgirl, what if the female president was so craptacular that we never got a good one elected because more people became biased against the ability of a woman to hold that position? i'd rather wait for a good one, but if it were two candidates who were about equal, i would vote for the woman instead. unless both candidates were absolutely awful, then i would want to man so women didnt get more misrepresnted.
914485
Forunately we live in a nation where we don't have to pick either/or. . .we can have both.  Hillary for President, Barrack for Vice President or Barrack for President & Hillary for VP.  It would be nice to have a female president though.
1148071
Wow...that's a really good question.  Normally what is a good candidate for one person is not a good candidate for another.  Once again the American public is fickle and many voters don't vote on issues but vote on the person.  For example, when Gore kissed his wife on stage in 2000 his poll numbers went up.  Does kissing his wife represent a good Canidate...no...but it shows he is a good husband.  I would look at it this way, the primaries like it or not are a popularity contest, Carol Mosley Brown was an amazingly strong candidate in 2004 but she had no name recognition, nor did she have appeal for many of the Democrats.  Howard Dean had great buzz and name recognition allowing him to get past some of the primaries.  Honestly until the American public stops watching American Idol and starts watching the political scene, we will always be stuck with weak candidates.  I should add the reason why they complain "they have to pick between the lesser of two evils."  Many candidates go for the base of their party then move close to the center of the political spectrum to gain more votes, (i.e. the undecided) so in the end many feel both candidates are saying the same thing.   Have a great day...what a great question.
555897
It depends on the woman.  The right woman would make a terrific president, the wrong woman, just like the wrong man would be a disaster.  Sex, race, and religion should not be an issue in selecting a leader.  Use logic when you vote.  Vote for the person whom you believe is best for the job, and not based on party lines, or emotions.
115147
I think we will have a caucasian female for president way before we have a non-caucasian male.  Lots of people are not racist (or not very racist), but way more than you may think, are.
485055
I believe most people are ready for a woman in the White House.  More than that, though, we need a real leader who will bring us together.  We have a lot of issues out there right now that split us right down the middle at 50/50.  Worst of all, there is NO ONE out there, man or woman, who is really saying what is on peoples' minds.\n\nI would like to think that we could have a sensible president who would be a national and world leader, and that the sensibility would lead to less war and what not.  Problem is that there are lots of people out there (inside and outside America) who want a fight right now, and you won't get them to listen and follow any system because the system has screwed them over too many times.  This leads to an ineffective government, and infighting--which is exactly what we see in this world today.\n\nJust voting for some woman won't solve anything.  But I am certain there is a woman out there who could do the job if she wanted it.
694495
There as many reasons as there are incumbents who lose. Your reason is 1 of them. Sometimes, voters feel like he has done a poor job, ex Ford & Carter. Sometimes people like the other candidate, other times people want t change of direction.
236275
All Americans are different.  This American thinks that any two people who want to have a relationship with one another should do so.