11-10-2016, 01:52 AM
It's not purely about geography, but people's beliefs and voting preferences is clearly shaped by the communities they live in. And state and local govt's are SUPPOSED to serve them.
But on the national level you have pretty disparate regions and beliefs/preferences, and there needs to be some sort of reasonable adjustment there such that people in, say, Chicago don't unfairly dictate how you the farmer in Montana lives his day-to-day life.
I mean, aside from gerrymandering people don't complain about not having a say in the Representative in another district of their state. Even thought that House Representative has infinitely more (because you have no say in their election) influence on your outcomes, we recognize those people have a right to representation. And the EC works similar, where you have an equal say within your community but a community doesn't get twice as much say as another just because it has twice as many people.
I think as the federal govt encroaches more and more on state & local govt that the need for the EC is greater than ever.
But on the national level you have pretty disparate regions and beliefs/preferences, and there needs to be some sort of reasonable adjustment there such that people in, say, Chicago don't unfairly dictate how you the farmer in Montana lives his day-to-day life.
I mean, aside from gerrymandering people don't complain about not having a say in the Representative in another district of their state. Even thought that House Representative has infinitely more (because you have no say in their election) influence on your outcomes, we recognize those people have a right to representation. And the EC works similar, where you have an equal say within your community but a community doesn't get twice as much say as another just because it has twice as many people.
I think as the federal govt encroaches more and more on state & local govt that the need for the EC is greater than ever.
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