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.
Sure, and as soon as they do away with the electoral college, the democratic opponent, a GOP candidate, will win by popular vote and then the Dems will blame the GOP for them changing it to a popular vote. The Dems will say they never wanted to change the electoral college. Flipping back and forth to suit the Dem agenda. I say leave it alone! Time for Ruthie to retire!!
F**k this tired dried up old COMMUNIST FKNG$#%&!@* This proves she knows nothing or cares about our Constitution.
You are not a smart judge. We the people of America know that one state…California would be deciding the election if there were no electoral votes that allow the whole country to have a say. Now what are you going to do if California succeeds? There will NEVER be another liberal anything in the white house!
Just showed her bias. Let’s guess how her votes will go. She needs to get off the bench and find a more comfortable place to sleep!
Have the sex change
there is some things i would like to change…like your$#%&!@*off the supreme court
Yeah there’s some things i would like to change also. Your seat on the Supreme Court.
….. and I would like to make a change on the Supreme Court. Replace you with a judge who won’t sleep on the job.
O my I can not wait until she is gone hopefully Trump can appointment two more conservative judges
I am,looking forward to to the court have six conservative that would be awesome