[Sirius Lee]

Your statement-- and the fact that your opinion is widely shared, even on FR-- indicates that our Republic is ending.

I know. The ignorance is shocking. An elector is just like a representative. The elector is there to vote in the state's best interest, hopefully for your guy, but their are no guarantees, just as the representative is there to vote for your districts best interest which hopefully align with yours, but again, two legged critters have minds of their own.

What we need is for the state legislatures to reclaim the right to elect Senators, so that they represent the entire state's best interests instead of just the interests of whichever leftist city is the largest in that state.

[PerConPat]

Good points on both sides of the issue...Personally I think a ruling to keep electors “faithful” does less harm at this point in the nation's political juncture. If Electors are permitted to depart from the wishes of their “electors”, the razor thin protection that the Red states now have would, IMO, be threatened. And, yes this might one day benefit Blue states. But the concentration of political activism in large cities, IMO, tilts any benefit from “faithless elector” voting in the Dummycrat direction.

I agree with your comment on the election of senators. 1913 was a pivotal year in our history.