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A city probably should negate a whole state if that city has enough people, but in any case its not as if everybody in the city will vote one way and everybody in the farming state will vote the opposite, there will be supporters for both main candidates in both areas.
Densely populated metropolitan areas in states like New York and California tend to vote for Democratic candidates. This explains why Democrats push for an amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
The electoral college helps to protect against the possibility that several very densely populated cities will decide the presidential election for the entire nation. This explains why Democrats push for an amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
Densely populated metropolitan areas in states like New York and California tend to vote for Democratic candidates. This explains why Democrats push for an amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
It is that simple.
And sparsely populated rural areas tend to vote republican so I guess that's why they want to have a system that gives those areas disproportionate influence.
And sparsely populated rural areas tend to vote republican so I guess that's why they want to have a system that gives those areas disproportionate influence.
Those 'sparsely populated areas'...….. FEED THE COUNTRY !
The electoral college helps to protect against the possibility that several very densely populated cities will decide the presidential election for the entire nation. This explains why Democrats push for an amendment to abolish the Electoral College.
It is that simple.
But is it such a bad thing if the candidate most people vote for gets elected?
Those 'sparsely populated areas'...….. FEED THE COUNTRY !
So farmers should get double votes? That doesn't seem to make sense, lots of people do useful things in an economy but you don't get extra votes depending on what job you do.
And sparsely populated rural areas tend to vote republican so I guess that's why they want to have a system that gives those areas disproportionate influence.
Liberty consists in the division of power. Abolishing the electoral college, Absolutism, in concentration of power. The Framers of the Constitution aimed to preserve your unalienable rights and mine by preventing the concentration of political power in the central government.
Perhaps they got it wrong on this one, they did get other stuff wrong too, constitutions can always be changed if they are no longer fit for purpose, that's what amendments are for.
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