Posted on 10/17/2018 6:41:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
If the electoral college were abolished all of the states with American majorities should form one mega-state - it would have a lot of leverage, as it would feed the coastal elites.
America is a democracy but not necessarily a popular one; rather a geographical one comprised of actual popular democracies.
Anything that interferes with the Democrat’s right to be in command is a “threat to Democracy.”
I don’t see any “debate”.
Just a bunch of people crying because they lost.
Jimmy Carter was pushing to abolish it, until it was pointed out to him that there were scenarios whereby that would not necessarily work in the Democrats’ favor.
Today, with CA, NY, IL becoming blue megastates it no doubt would.
Without the electoral college, we will become the Hunger Games. The bigger states will control the rest of the country.
We are a Republic.
It is a useless debate. It’s not going anywhere.
I just try to explain it to kids (those under 30) this way: The US is kind of like the EU. They were envisioned as a bunch of mostly sovereign countries under the umbrella of a single constitution. the only reasons the FedGov really exists is to protect the collecive states from outside attack, protect the states from each other, enforce laws when lawbreakers move between states and ensure that all states protect their citizens rights within the umbrella of the constitution and bill of rights.
And the FedGov is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. Voters don’t elect presidents. The states do. That is why we have an electoral college. Each state gens a certain number of electors based on the number of senators and congressmen. And they all get two votes for their number of senators (because they all have two senators. It is a way of somewhat equalizing their voices while still giving populous states more voice than low population states.
If it was just based on popular vote, most states would have no vote at all, effectively.
“I don’t see any “debate”.
Just a bunch of people crying because they lost.”
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True. Rarely, if ever, do you hear the winners cry over the EC.
If they want to shut down the electoral college fine, just break everything up into congressional districts and call it good, no more winner take all. Most districts win! Democrats will never win another Presidential election. Every district gets representation, yea Texas might lose a few but so will the big lib states like Cali, New York, Florida and Illinois.
“We are a Republic.”
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Representative republic with the representatives democratically elected, with the Senate becoming democratically elected in 1913.
There is no debate. The EC stays.
Yeah, in other words, a republic.
Occasional Cortex is way out of her league and keeps spouting inane ideas on how to make this Republic a socialist paradise in trying to appear intelligent.
This is not debatable. Throwing my guantlet on the ground.
America is a Constitutional Republic.
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