Texas elector threatens to not vote Trump

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

But more importantly, preserving tradition is important, we can't just take an iconoclast view of government and start tearing down whatever institution we feel is outdated.

Why not? If the tradition is dumb, shouldn't we get rid of it?

There may be arguments in favor of keeping the electoral college, but "that's the way it's always been" isn't one of them. Article V exists for a reason.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

But more importantly, preserving tradition is important, we can't just take an iconoclast view of government and start tearing down whatever institution we feel is outdated.

Why not? If the tradition is dumb, shouldn't we get rid of it?

There may be arguments in favor of keeping the electoral college, but "that's the way it's always been" isn't one of them. Article V exists for a reason.

Let's start with the Department of Education then.

Right, so that's called dodging the question. Whether or not the Department of Education should exists has nothing to do with the wisdom of preserving the electoral college.