I really like the electoral college. Take it away and suddenly a LOT of states would not matter, nor would they even be on the campaign trail. And they are all flyover states.
Without the EC, just a few states would select our president every time.
This is the problem King County WA has. It is part Seattle, and part rural. Since the whole county votes on every county council member, Seattle selects them all. Practically speaking, the rural area isn’t even being represented.
This is why they have laws like requiring a permit to clear your blackberries if you have more than 5 acres.
This would be a catastrophe on a national level and you could kiss the US goodbye. It would not be a gradual thing, either. It would be a one or two, at the most, election cycle thing.
Our forefathers knew exactly what they were doing when they created the Electoral College.
Any changes should be to the voting process itself.....proper ID, polls open more than one day, no early voting, no mail in except for troops and "necessity"...
Yup. Our governor going back to 1941 (35 of which continuously have been D's) are in essence the governor of King Co and not the state (such as Governor Crazy Mouth* now)
*The way his mouth contorts when he speaks makes me pop Dramamine like candy
Just a few COUNTIES, actually! Al the big RAT-infested cities and their suburbs would dominate.
I know who cares what a foreigner thinks, but from my perspective as a Canadian is that it is a great system. Its only fault is that prior to the Gore-Bush debacle, we didn’t know anything about it. We just thought the US vote was a popular vote. The uninformed here are trying to do away with our system of electoral ridings, which our ancestors saw fit to give us. And replace with some popular vote monstrosity. The purpose of the system Britain gave us is responsible government, and that is what the system encourages.