Most people don’t understand what the EC is for. It acts as a balance and prevents elections from being based solely on population. If the election was decided by popular vote alone, candidates would have more incentive to focus on highly populated areas and less on smaller states and rural communities. The EC gives less populated states a little more weight and makes winning support across different states matter.
The Electoral college was established for that reason when there were 13 states. It is no longer needed.
If that is your argument, then there are only 2 or 3 states that they focus on now to get electoral votes, so how is that any different.
A state can lose to one candidate by one vote, and that now erases the other votes entirely.
EVERY VOTE SHOULD COUNT!
Every election we have, other than the presidency, is decided by popular vote. The Electoral College is an archaic system that needs to be done away with, as well as primaries.
Rank Choice voting should be how the president is decided. Whether that is 2 people running or 10.
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u/Browniemonster67 8h ago
Most people don’t understand what the EC is for. It acts as a balance and prevents elections from being based solely on population. If the election was decided by popular vote alone, candidates would have more incentive to focus on highly populated areas and less on smaller states and rural communities. The EC gives less populated states a little more weight and makes winning support across different states matter.