Pure democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with a result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Sir Alexander Fraser Tyler “Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic”
Actually, prior to 1828, all of the states awarded electoral votes by congressional district. This lead to no one candidate getting a majority in the 1824 election, so the House of Reps chose the winner (as per the Constitution). The shenanigans that went on behind the scenes seemed to reek of corruption (search for 1824 Corrupt Bargain on the 'net to learn about it), so states began adopting the "winner take all" formula that is most widely used today.
One advantage of awarding electoral votes by district is that corruption in one district won't influence the outcome of other districts - so the Florida 2000 fiasco would not have happened. One potential disadvantage (depending on your point of view) is that third parties would begin to actually win electoral votes and make it harder for the two major parties to get to a majority.
How is it that “winner take all” electoral votes for a state is more appropriate than a due delegation of those votes through the districts drawn by the states themselves?
Liberty is a well armed sheep contesting the vote.
Can't freakin wait.
Heads on pikes time.
The leftists may control the press, but they don't control the guns.