[conservative in nyc]

Despite the difficulty of changing it, Leach said the argument against the Electoral College is plain.

"We're advocating democracy around the world," he said. "Are we suggesting to anyone they have an electoral college?"

I hope we are. An electoral college would tend to mitigate extremism in fractionalized countries by forcing candidates to campaign in marginal areas instead of only in their base.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Exactly. And, I'm not so sure the argument about Algore winning the "popular" vote is accurate anyway. if you back out all the dead people and their dogs who voted Democrat in 2000, then add in the military and other absentees that Algore & Co blocked, you would see a different picture.

[w1andsodidwe]

"We're advocating democracy around the world," he said. "Are we suggesting to anyone they have an electoral college?"

Regardless of this argument, we are representative republic, not a democracy. This fact seems to be lost ignored.