How big of a vote gap would it take for you to drop the Electoral College?

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(04-02-2019, 09:31 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Were we more in line with the Articles of Confederation, I'd agree. But we're not.

And let's be clear, the EC isn't all about states' rights. It is also about helping slave states get more votes (because it was based on apportionment, which included slaves being counted) as well as the idea that the voting public wouldn't know who was running for president. Therefore, they voted for an elector, someone they would know because they were local, to make the decision on their behalf.

It's an antiquated system that is made even worse by greater population disparities giving some people's votes twice, or even thrice the weight of others. It also causes presidential campaigns to ignore large swaths during the general election and only focus on key battleground states. Whereas if every individual vote mattered, a Democratic candidate wouldn't just ignore a state because it went Republican and vice versa.

I agree with your last part; I just don't agree with totally removing a State's identity in the National Election. Perhaps instead of a National popular vote or a winner takes all EC; the EC could be based on a percentage. That way each state had their say.