Drop the electoral college completely and give one person one vote. Swing states always get way more attention than they should while solid states get ignored completely.
The country changes, the South was once the bastion of the DEMOCRAT party, California was solid Republican.
The electoral college provides meaning for even small states at various different times in our history , gives them a voice , Whereas without the electoral college, NY and California type States where enormous amounts of people are living in big Cities would have ALL the say and all the rights.
A small size of land mass would determine how the 85% of the countries land masses people lived.
How does that makes any sense?
It’s the greatest system in history, checks & balances plus a constitution that protects all .
We just saw it in action, fascinating.
One side thought its control of the press and pop culture, along with its control of education was all it needed , weaponizing the DOJ, LAWFARE , was the cherry on top , to win ANY election and consolidate its hold on the people , however, the American electorate was not fooled and voted its own self interest .
What a Great country!
This is funny.
Democracy by first past the post voting means the majority gets the biggest say and the US promotes this as wonderful... yet, you say that if first past the post was the method forward, the masses would get to decide who leads the country which is, according to you, a bad thing.
Which is it?
Do the majority make the decision or is the system gamed to stop that from happening?
Of course the Majority, by definition, makes most of the decisions,the system was set up so the minority would also have some rights.
Have something to negotiate with.
The system was set up for the Majority not to be totally tyrannical towards the minority, be it , the right or the Left.
One senator , when it’s 51-49 can therefore gain huge advantage for his State on certain votes, no matter how small a State , Congress is set up by districts, once again giving minorities on every side of the spectrum some say in government, some power and then, if a President oversteps , like Biden tried often tried to, we have a Supreme court protecting the Constitution and keeping Presidents, who represent the majority ( usually) from becoming overly oppressive to everyone else.
So, you can argue, we have little progress and little change from Administration to administration a dI would argue that’s a good thing, especially when the country for a long time now has been divided on a 50/50 basis.
This is exactly what the founding fathers had in mind .
