The majority isn't always right.
Because voting by popularity means that politicians would only pander to coastal states; and even then, only the urban areas. At least they have to try in places like Ohio as it is.
I'm torn on the college. On one hand it is a hinderance, but on the other hand it can prevent people like Trump from coming to power.
It forces candidates to focus on more than just a few key states, and ensures the election is representative of the decision of the states. Yes, of course the electoral college hinders democracy, because we're not a democracy; we're a constitutional republic.
Quote from: The Lord Yardstick on November 08, 2015, 10:01:32 PMThe majority isn't always right.You seem to be the only one who sort of got where I was going with this. I get why the EC exist and what it's purpose is, but the fact is that in certain states voting for a certain party is completely useless. Among other things.
One-sixth of the U.S. population lives in the top 100 cities, and they voted 63% Democratic in 2004.
One-sixth lives outside the nationโs Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and rural America voted 60% Republican.
Big cities do not always control the outcome of elections. The governors and U.S. Senators are not all Democratic in every state with a significant city.
The itineraries of presidential candidates in battleground states (and their allocation of other campaign resources in battleground states, including polling, organizing, and ad spending) reflect the political reality that every gubernatorial or senatorial candidate knows. When and where every voter is equal, a campaign must be run everywhere.
But, under the state-by-state winner-take-all laws, it makes no sense for a Democrat to try and do that in Vermont or Wyoming, or for a Republican to try it in Wyoming or Vermont.
Margins of error occur in statistics, not in a vote count. Any amount of more popular votes than an opponent obtained, makes that candidate the winner in an election decided by popular vote.
Popular Democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner