The electoral college

[Zarn]

The EC did exactly what us was supposed to do this year. You cannot just win mostly coastal and high population density states and call it a win. Without the Rust Belt, the Democrats become a regional party. It is their job to have a more inclusive appeal. They failed miserably, because they did not want to listen. The EC punished them for living in an ivory tower.

The form of government in the US is a federal republic, not a democracy. Liberty is meant to be and end not a means. The EC is part of a checks and balances system meant to keep impulse decisions at bay. Trump's election was a result of the careless actions of the Democratic Party overplaying it's hand. Their impulse decisions ended their control.

[Zarn]

Swing states shift from time to time. If a region (like the Rust Belt) decides it no longer wants to be a safe zone for a political party, then it's relevance increases. It's not entirely the Republican Party's fault that the coastal states vote straight ticket D or entirely the Democratic Party's fault much of the Southeast voted straight ticker R. The fault lies with the people that refuse to see things objectively. Relevance would change with these regions, once that changes.

Also, diversity does not mean ethnic minorities. That is a quite bigoted way of looking at things. Ethnic background should not develop a person's political leanings. Diversity means bringing in people with various lifestyles. That should include farmers, ranchers, hunters, factory workers, miners, lumberjacks, and all the other jobs you might consider deplorable.

If you remove the EC, you will only have politicians ever campaign in major population areas, limiting the diversity quite drastically. No one will appeal to rural areas, small towns, or even smaller metro areas. There would be no need to do so.

The Democrats need to remove themselves from the ivory tower, or they will continue to lose influence. Establishment GOP was doing exactly the same thing.