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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
The federal government should have little power so it really should not matter. However, if you go to most votes win we would have Cali, NY and Texas picking all the presidents. Not a very good idea.
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How is majority rule not a good idea in a democracy?
The electoral college is archaic. It was necessary at the time when we didn't have telegraph, telephones, air travel, radio, television, etc etc etc.
At the time the constitution was written it would have been impossible for the average person anywhere in the country to know who the presidential candidates were. So instead they voted for local people whom they knew, to go to Washington and vote for them (kind of the way congress works)
In this day and age it isn't necessary and is, if anything, UN-democratic. Hopefully it'll be done away with at some point.