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.
All of a sudden it speaks
Good grief, her cheese has slid off her cracker. She needs a check up from the neck up.
There is one thing we would like to change and that is you
WELL YEAH!!
I thought you were retiring. You haven’t left yet?????????
The electoral college is set up so all states have a say in elections, otherwise just a few states would determine the results of an election.
The party of ‘American Hate’ did win. And it’s not exactly a party, but an ideology of backward thinking.
Your an old liberal hag that now wants to change the electoral college because your criminal candidate, Bitchary, lost. Just retire and shut up.
I would like to see u RETIRE!!
Too late…Ginsburg