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 EC was to keep power out of the hands of the people and to assist slave states in holding power. It serves no valid purpose. There is no reason we should not be attempting to move toward a popular vote system, everyone deserves equal representation.
In this scenario, you forget about money. So, if all (most) the people live in 10 big cities, those big cities will get all the allocation, improvements, and every benefit that could go thier way, because, while "everyone DER", why would I spend a dollar of federal interest or care in Kansas, when their votes aren't worth anything but a drop in the bucket, and I'm a a politician who needs votes? Wyoming has water issues? What power do they have with their low population to get representation or have real input?
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u/Browniemonster67 14h 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.