This of course would require an amendment to the Constitution, a process which our Founding Fathers wisely made difficult. If they had not invented the Electoral system, a candidate could ignore the views of millions of voters in smaller states. He could campaign almost exclusively in the big states and major cities, and get elected. Voters who are residents of states such as Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire would be completely disenfranchised. If this were to happen, we would no longer have a republic of 50 sovereign states. We would have mob rule.
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) displays his ignorance of the Constitution and his lack of understanding of how our republic was originally formed.
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Bingo. A candidate winning 70:30 margins in the ten largest metro areas would win the election everytime. Meaning, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia, St Louis, Washington DC, and Atlanta. At an average of 8 million votes in each metro area, this means 56 million votes.