Destroying the Electoral College: The Anti-Federalist National Popular Vote Scheme

The Heritage Foundation ^ | 10/27/11 | Hans von Spakovsky

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Abstract: The National Popular Vote (NPV) plan is the latest in a long line of schemes designed to replace the Electoral College. Imbued with the ideals of this nation’s Founders, the Electoral College has proved itself to be both effective in providing orderly elections for President and resilient in allowing a stable transfer of power of the leadership of the world’s greatest democracy. Therefore, while it would be a mistake to replace the Electoral College, replacing this system with the NPV would be a disaster. The NPV would devalue the minority interests that the Founders sought to protect, create electoral administrative problems, encourage voter fraud, and radicalize the U.S. political system. It also would likely violate the U.S. Constitution’s Compact Clause while directly contravening the Founders’ view of federalism and a representative republic. In an age of perceived political dysfunction, effective policies already in place—especially successful policies established by this nation’s Founders, such as the Electoral College—should be preserved.

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AMEN!!!! Thank you, Founding Fathers, for your wisdom!!

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If Americans want New York and California to run the nation, then they should go ahead and do this.

The real reason not to mess with the Founders design is that the Founders designed a republic and not a democracy. So, if we want to live under mob rule (pure democracy) then go right ahead. If, however, you want thoughtful men and women from various regions to come together as delegates to make decisions for the nation, including the representation of the regions from which they come, then continue with the Divinely inspired, ingenious plan put together by America’s Founding Fathers.