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Originally Posted by Joshua G
PS kane...the founding fathers hashed out these exact ideas when they decided to deliberately not allow direct democracy for the president. small states would never have ratified a constitution that gave boston & NYC the total power to decide the president. thats historical fact.
the electoral vote forces any president wannabe to campaign in more states, not only 1 or 2. it forces MORE DIVERSITY in who the candidates appeal to, NOT JUST CITY VOTERS...RURAL VOTERS MATTER!!!
you would tthink a system that over-represents minority interests would be something liberals support. oh wait, they do...affirmative action.
libs only like rigged advantages for minorities when it gives them more power, not less.
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The days of having to campaign in small states are long gone. There was a map I saw not too long ago that showed every campaign stop made by both candidates in this last election. About half the states didn't get visited by either candidate and a few states like Florida were visited over 20 times by each. The only states that really matter to anyone trying to win the White House are those battleground states they think they can win.
What is interesting to me is that one of the reasons the EC was formed was to stop a "tyrant" type candidate from being able to manipulate the general population and win the election. The EC could act as a buffer and keep this bad person from taking office. Yet, today, if the EC were to act and stop a candidate from taking office there would be riots in the streets because everyone expects the Electors to do what the voters tell them to do.
Rural voters do matter, but so to city voters. Just because a person lives in a city doesn't mean their vote should be any less valuable than someone who lives in the country.