04-04-2019, 12:47 PM
"there will still be a mix of votes amongst such states"
When has there ever been a "mix of votes" in Hawaii? California? New York?
Hawaii is not a populous state, I threw that in there because I think we can all agree there is only one political party and voting block in Hawaii. But the majority of the USA population lives in states that vote the same way and in the same manner as Hawaii. But the people living in the majority of states do not. This is exactly what the founding fathers were afraid of, and the reason why they came up with this system. They didn't want 1 state out of 13, or 5 among 50, determining the president for the majority of states.
The electoral college was developed specifically to give the populations in EVERY state equal representation regardless of their population density. Because one-party rule sounded to them a lot like the monarchies and oppression they fled from.
Our country is not, and has never been a "democracy". Our founding fathers feared the mob rule of democracy almost more than anything else. This country is a federal republic. Each state elects leaders who they entrust to represent them. The President, likewise, is supposed to be a representative of every state, or as close as possible as we can get. Not just the states with the most people in them.
The electoral college system isn't perfect, and could probably be improved, but the idea of the "popular" vote is only "popular" if you are in one of the few states that contain the majority "populous". So what do the other 45 states do, secede? How much are you willing to pay for their grain? Their energy?
eta: grammar, last paragraph
When has there ever been a "mix of votes" in Hawaii? California? New York?
Hawaii is not a populous state, I threw that in there because I think we can all agree there is only one political party and voting block in Hawaii. But the majority of the USA population lives in states that vote the same way and in the same manner as Hawaii. But the people living in the majority of states do not. This is exactly what the founding fathers were afraid of, and the reason why they came up with this system. They didn't want 1 state out of 13, or 5 among 50, determining the president for the majority of states.
The electoral college was developed specifically to give the populations in EVERY state equal representation regardless of their population density. Because one-party rule sounded to them a lot like the monarchies and oppression they fled from.
Our country is not, and has never been a "democracy". Our founding fathers feared the mob rule of democracy almost more than anything else. This country is a federal republic. Each state elects leaders who they entrust to represent them. The President, likewise, is supposed to be a representative of every state, or as close as possible as we can get. Not just the states with the most people in them.
The electoral college system isn't perfect, and could probably be improved, but the idea of the "popular" vote is only "popular" if you are in one of the few states that contain the majority "populous". So what do the other 45 states do, secede? How much are you willing to pay for their grain? Their energy?
eta: grammar, last paragraph