One purpose of the Electoral College is to prevent a limited number of pockets of dense population from determining the outcome of presidential elections. In that sense, it is a bit similar to the US Senate, and acts to give powers to the states as opposed to treating the country as one large electorate.
Without the Electoral College, the recent election would have been decided by heavily populated cities in the states of California and New York. With that in mind, voters could expect to see candidates spend the overwhelming majority of their time in geographical areas with dense populations, leaving those with sparse populations largely ignored.
Liberals chafe at the Electoral College for the same reason they are irritated by each state getting two senators regardless of population — it gives power to the states and recognizes them as significant political entities. It’s the same as the “states’ rights” argument which militates against a powerful national government. Hence, this is not a new argument at all, but one that goes back to the founding of our nation.
That liberals hate the Electoral College is illustrated by the comments of one Supreme Court justice. More on page two.
She needs to go. Judge are there to do there job not weigh in on political matters.
There is one thing we need to change. Get her gone.
Justice Ginsberg just wanted Hillary to win ,that is why she wants to change the Electoral College.She is crazy to vote in a con artist of who is a liar,corrupt & crooked and Bill Clinton is just as bad.
Keep democrats away from the ote counting!
Hey Ruth, do you know what day of the week it is? Probably not
she had eight years to try and make that happen, but she did nothing
The current crop of judges have lost their rudder. They should run for office if they want to make/change law.
She’s an activist judge and cannot be trusted to make decisions in the best I treat of our county. I’d like to see her either die of old age, tomorrow, or get tossed out of the court.
To senile sleeper. Just because Hillary didn’t win don’t change the way election is decided. So go home sleep in your bed instead of on the job…
How damn old is she?