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.
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) would abolish a key feature of the Constitution, the limitation of the federal government’s power. Under the Constitution the federal government has enumerated, not unlimited powers. The states retain substantial power. That’s exactly what the founding fathers intended.
By eliminating the Electoral system, Nelson and other radical leftists would undermine the states’ sovereignty in favor of an all-powerful federal government. This fits well with socialism, collectivism, and central planning. Apparently Nelson and his liberal allies have learned nothing from the collapse of the Soviet Union or the horrors of other dictatorships, such as National Socialism under Hitler.
Or perhaps Nelson thinks socialism is best, as opposed to freedom.
It’s ironic that Nelson’s plan to abolish the Electoral system would disenfranchise his own constituents, the citizens of Florida.