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Yes, the Electoral College was not a good idea. However, it will never be abolished, because to do so requires a Constitutional amendment, which requires ratification by 3/4 of the states. All of the states with lower than average populations benefit from the Electoral College, so they have to motivation to get rid of it.
I disagree.
The Electoral College is part of the balancing between the states. It is a major reason the Union and the US Constitution have lasted for almost 230 years, far longer then many of the Founding Fathers dreamed possible. And it works, we continue to alternate Presidents among the two major parties, back and forth every few years.
Right now, we have a state that has 40 million people. If we abolished the Electoral College, California, a state with IMHO, politically irresponsible leadership, would dominate the nation. California would essentially disenfranchise all of the smaller states, probably all the mid-sized states as well. By 2030 when California's population may balloon to 44-45 million or more, even states as large as Pennsylvania and Illinois might be disenfranchised as politicians and political campaigns spend all time and money in California and a few other states and ignore the others.
That is a prescription for disaster. When people feel they have no say in their government and loose hope of having any in the future, they WILL begin to look for alternatives. That is why we had an American Revolution in 1776. We don't need another one in 2036.
One person, one vote. I'm sick of land having a greater say than people.
And btw, this has nothing to do with Hillary. She lost because she was a terrible candidate. It should have been abolished after the 2000 election.
we do have one person one vote my friend, you just have never taken the time to understand the rules for a presidential election or why they were put in place in the first place. try understanding the constitution and what the founding fathers intended.
The Electoral College is part of the balancing between the states. It is a major reason the Union and the US Constitution have lasted for almost 230 years, far longer then many of the Founding Fathers dreamed possible. And it works, we continue to alternate Presidents among the two major parties, back and forth every few years.
Right now, we have a state that has 40 million people. If we abolished the Electoral College, California, a state with IMHO, politically irresponsible leadership, would dominate the nation. California would essentially disenfranchise all of the smaller states, probably all the mid-sized states as well. By 2030 when California's population may balloon to 44-45 million or more, even states as large as Pennsylvania and Illinois might be disenfranchised as politicians and political campaigns spend all time and money in California and a few other states and ignore the others.
That is a prescription for disaster. When people feel they have no say in their government and loose hope of having any in the future, they WILL begin to look for alternatives. That is why we had an American Revolution in 1776. We don't need another one in 2036.
Abolishing the electoral college would not disenfranchise anyone.
It would ENFRANCHISE EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN, no matter where they lived.
One person, one vote. All would count equally.
Rs could get votes from CA, same as Ds could get votes from TX.
As it is, everyone who votes against the majority in their state is disenfranchised, their vote is essentially not counted.
Also, it would bring a lot more diversity to the campaigns. As it is all of the campaigns only focus on the small number of swing states where the outcome is not already determined. One person one vote would be campaigning everywhere could benefit you and all of the states' issues would get greater consideration.
funny how nobody on the left complained about the electoral college when Obama and Clinton won.
Why would they? Their wins were consistent with the popular vote. People complain and rightfully so when the result differs and when we would prefer one person, one vote, instead.
Thanks! I might have missed this, and will be happy to read it.
I assume you know that many, many people want to dump the electoral college, so it's certainly not a radical idea any more.
Please..... YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME, The electoral college is not going to be scraped. You need 38 states to ratify getting rid of it -- it's NOT HAPPENING. The smaller states would be strangling their own influence if they agree to it.
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