"The Electoral College is a firebreak around states with high rates of vote fraud. Keep it."
Let me hear an Amen! A Fuller appreciation of the wisdom of our Founding Fathers was the biggest lesson I drew from the battle of Florida. George F. Will uses too many 25-cent words stating his case but the truth is if it came down to a simple poplular majority deciding a presidential election New Hampshire and Iowa would never see another candidate. It would only be necessary to campaign on the two coasts and a few spots in the Mid-west and corrupt big-city machines would routinely decide elections.
"The Electoral College is a firebreak around states with high rates of vote fraud. Keep it."
"Let me hear an Amen! "
AMEN!
And while some may like the congressional district apportionment in states idea, I'd just point out that that idea is incentive for further gerrymandering, so no dice on that either.
The founding fathers did it just right. It helps to prevent BLOCKS from ruling the election. 2000 was the perfect example of the wisdom of our founding fathers.
If anything the electoral college is underpowered these days. New Hampshire and Iowa only see candidates because of tradition. There are a bunch of states with only 3 votes that never do see a candidate, because they're only worth 3 electoral votes.
I don't think most folks understand this, but even with a the electoral college, you can lose in 39 states and still become president with the remaining 11, provided you take the right 11 states.