Should the electoral college be abolished?
No, the electoral college ensures representation of the whole country instead of just major cities
The following is a 4 message exchange between 4 users
@7KN529B2yrs2Y
The electoral college takes away the right of the American people to choose their president by placing it in a arcane system that has chosen the loser of the popular vote twice in the last 20 years.
@jwolfsg1590Republican 2yrs2Y
We are not a Democracy. We are a Constitutional Federal Republic. The Electoral College ensures that heavily populated states do not override the will of the less populated states. You would feel differently about the popular vote if you lives in those less populated states.
@VulcanMan6 2yrs2Y
First of all, the fact that we aren't a democracy is exactly the problem, because we should be a genuine democracy. Secondly, there is no good reason why anyone's votes should be disparaged just because they live in a more populated area; if more people vote for A than B, then A is what should be chosen. If people in more rural areas have the minority opinion, then that's what local elections are for. Those areas within the minority can elect their own local representatives to reflect their own beliefs for themselves, but the entire nation as a whole should not be subjected to the disproportionate decisions of a minority opinion. The nation as a whole should be decided by the majority, and if those in the minority don't like it then that's what their own local elections are for.
The real problem is that we have become far, far too democratic and egalitarian instead of having true federalism, state sovereignty, decentralisation, and a conservative social order.
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