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.
Please retire you are not thinking right
take a nap!
Why can’t this old communist$#%&!@*just croak already, such a hateful hag
Legislation from the judicial bench IS fascism
Boy old age just can’t happen fast enough for some.
Please my fellow Americans do not let this happen
How about changing jobs moron
Id like to change the supreme court and would like you to reitre
Change her!
Their job is to make sure laws don’t trample on our rights and it seems as though they can’t do that. Every one of them has a political leaning and their decisions are worthless because of that. We have allowed 9 unelected people to make decisions over our lives with immunity.