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.
We would like to change you for someone new !
Thought you were going to retire fif Trump got elected??Well he got elected,Did you make that statefment because you thought Hillary was a shoe in???did you not tell the truth about leaving??
Didn’t she say she was going to retire if Trump becomes the president?
She wants CA to elect our presidents…
Heinous walking corpse.
You need to relearn your role as seated Judge on the Supreme Court! Or perhaps, you’ve forgotten with age……..
She needs to out on the pasture for the rest of her life.
She needs to retire. She can’t even stay awake during some judicial sessions.
Dry fart$#%&!@*needs to go.
She needs a nap.