11-06-2020, 12:03 PM
(11-06-2020, 11:54 AM)Dill Wrote: Well I am a Dem who grew up in a small state, which very much shaped my view on how important states are as states.
Even though I have been "burned" by the electoral college in national elections, I still favor keeping the electoral college, in part because I want to keep the US a FEDERAL system in which states are actually states and can check on federal power.
States and state power/rights are increasingly invisible as as states as the population becomes more mobile.
Even if the EC favored democrats I would be in support of it. One vote is one vote for every state, and the majority of the state gets to choose who they're voting for. Since it is a federal system California votes don't bleed into other states like Utah. A mostly country state is going to have different views and problems than a mostly urban state. If someone wants to get rid of the federal system then that's an argument, but I wouldn't support that either.