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

[Dill]

(04-02-2019, 09:45 PM)Benton Wrote: Why is the state more important than the people in it?

Is Montana (a large chunk of dirt) > than Montananans (the people who live there, pay taxes there and make it a viable culture)?

Just saw this sacrilege. Have to respond.

Montana is not "chunk of dirt."  It is a political entity constituted by people who live together and regulate human interaction occurring ON their chunk of dirt. "Theirs" is the operative word here.  They don't want Washington telling them what the speed limit should be or how political campaigns should be funded or how to manage their forests and ranges. They want control over negotiations with corporations seeking their coal.

Now a word to the Federal gov. Thanks for help building Montana interstates--but that helps the nation, not just Montana.  You won't Californicate Montana without a fight. And remember that the history of Federal intervention in the land of the Big Sky is not one of unqualified success.