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

[Dill]

(04-03-2019, 09:32 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I would again have to disagree. The reason Madison didn't think the national popular vote would work? Slave states wouldn't be for it because it would take power away from them. That is the biggest reason this compromise solution was pushed forward. The other big reason is because the average voter would not know the presidential candidates, so there would be an indirect election. Those were the intentions, and those aren't an issue anymore.

Just a question. Are you saying that the concerns of the smaller states were simply tabled, compartmentalized or otherwise no longer driving the discussion when the electoral compromise was decided?