Wanna scrap the Electoral College? You’ll have to replace it with something else and only a moron would want it to be the popular vote because it would make a national recount a nightmare and open the vote up to one fraudster pumping 4 million extra (illegal) votes in one spot like California to overturn an election.
The only other FAIR system: One county/parish, one vote.
I’ll second that. Keep the system the way it is, or switch to a county-level system.
Of course, if the city of Philadelphia divides itself up into 200 counties, we might suspect them of gaming the system. But at least it would be obvious to all.
That’s a terrible idea. County sizes (both population and geographical) are functionally random, and a state could give themselves more votes by making more counties. Just look at this map to see how gamed the system would be from the start: http://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/html/US_Counties/US_Counties.html (especially compare AZ to NH or AR) and then picture what happens if states get rewarded for their county count. If you want to go apportionment go with the NH system of following the congressional map.
No, the county/parish system wouldn’t be that fair. Some states, like Texas, Georgia, and Missouri have lots of little counties while others have a few very large counties. The system to make the Electoral College a bit more “fair” would be to allocate an Electoral College vote for each Congressional District won, and each state’s other two EV for the winner of the state. I haven’t seen an analysis of this year’s election figured on that basis, but most elections it doesn’t change the outcome all that much. But it would encourage candidates to campaign in states like California, New York and Texas—states that aren’t currently swing states.
That’s the thing with the EC, there really isn’t anything that is better. The Founders knew that since we are living in an imperfect world, we must choose the mechanism that while imperfect, allows the least amount of harm.
“and open the vote up to one fraudster pumping 4 million extra (illegal) votes in one spot like California to overturn an election.”
Agreed. And if you want an example, California is still pumping out votes even though it’s 3 weeks after the election to pad Hillary’s popular vote total. As a safeguard, the EC caps California’s Electoral votes at 55.
Exactly.
Watch how liberals operate. They whine and complain about any rule that doesn’t favor them. UNFAIR!!! Then they change the rule to favor them. Then when they still lose, the new rule (that they pushed for) is unfair and the fault of conservatives.
(Example: SAT tests were designed to move college admissions to a merit-based system instead of a crony/family/legacy based system. They were supposed to level the playing field and give blacks a fair shot at getting into college. When that did not happen, liberals fought against SAT tests and claimed they were biased against blacks and other minorities. But, “oddly”, they didn’t seem to hold back Asians.)