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.
can she just die of old age already
She needs to resign!!! She is too senile to be a member of the Supreme Court!!!
I like to change your face
Time for Darth Vader Ginsburg to hang up her robe…..pathetic!
to bad so sad!
Take another shot of hootch and go back to sleep dingbat !
I’d like to change your ugly face to a retirement home.
And I’d like to change the old crone out of the supreme court, but we can’t always get what we want
Ginsburg has no business trying to legislate law. That is a violation of her office and the trust of the American people. Phillip Jelks has it right. This is her 2nd violation in the last 2 months. Time for her to hang it up.
Go back to sleep, Granny