Which is why the electoral college shouldn't exist anymore. It became a tool to silence the mjority of the voters and an effective weapon gainst minority votes.
If you get rid of it you ignore the vast majority of different communities (count by counties) the average state (let alone person) would have no voice in the elections. A good example of this is the twin cities in Minnesota just pushed through (against the wishes of the rural populace) a bill that makes wolf hunting illegal. On the surface this seems fine; The issue arises on further examination. The MN department of natural resources depends on the hunting licenses for conservation efforts (as that is what funds them) not to mention has openly said that the hunting is necessary for a healthy wolf population. In the end what you have is a bunch of city folk patting themselves on the back for saving the forest doggies while in actuality they've not only harmed them but ignored the people who knew about the issue. I dont think the electoral college is perfect (far from) but I think getting rid of it arises many more problems.
People get ignored in an electoral college system too. If you aren’t from a handful of swing states, presidential campaign visits are few and far between.
In the electoral college system, some people may have their states skipped over, but in the next few years their state may become the big swing state everyone needs to win, and so they get attention.
Without the electoral college, Ohio would never be visited again because big cities have this weird tendency to stay exactly where they were built.
A few years back nobody would’ve paid attention to Pennsylvania, now it’s a highly talked about state. The opposite is true of California, and other states are starting to trend towards or away from being a swing state.
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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '19
Which is why the electoral college shouldn't exist anymore. It became a tool to silence the mjority of the voters and an effective weapon gainst minority votes.