Oldiesfreak1854
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« on: February 24, 2013, 08:08:30 AM » |
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The electoral college keeps in check the voting power of each individual state. While bigger states are still more powerful, it's not as disproportionate as it would be with direct popular vote. For example, if Candidate X carries California, and Candidate Y carries Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin, then at this point, both candidates would be tied at 55 electoral votes. Under direct popular vote, however, Candidate X would be so much further ahead because California has so many more people than even the second-most populous state (Texas), let alone those four states combined. What I'm trying to say is that the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College for a reason, and I don't think it's anyone's job to say that it doesn't work.
Also keep in mind that with only four exceptions in our nation's history thus far, the winner of the popular vote and the electoral college have been the same. And ironically, if it weren't for 2000, most of the people on this uber-liberal forum wouldn't be advocating for repealing the electoral college.
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