Explain why, please.
>> Electoral College should be at the county level, not the state level.
> Explain why, please.
The current system is adequate for blocking big population states (ex. California) from having too much say in the presidential election. Each state has a moderate degree of power, based on population, but the power is limited. This is the best thing about the current Electoral College system.
However, a state’s electors can be determined by a small number of cities — Illinois? Chicago decides. New York? NYC decides. Pennsylvania? Philadelphia and Pittsburgh decide. The big population centers within the state outweigh all other areas where normal people live. Due to the modern welfare state, the people in the cities (who are often either very rich or else very poor) really decide how a state’s Electoral votes will be distributed. (And this facilitates fraud within a small, well-controlled area.)
If the Electoral votes were counted by county, then the cities would suddenly have less political pull, and the rural areas would have relatively more political pull. (And fraud would be much more difficult over the full breadth of the state.)
I’d like popular votes within Congressional districts to decide who serves in the House. (Current system)
I’d like state legislatures to select people for the US Senate (The method prior to the 17th Amendment)
And I’d like the counties to select people for the Electoral College so that the President can be elected.
The People, The State, The Counties — each in balance.