Saturday, August 13, 2011

Do you think the Electoral College should be abolished?

I don't see why every single American's vote should not count exactly the same as every other single American. The way it works now, the only way your vote really counts is if you happen to live in a swing state. Most states are reliably either Democratic or Republican so the candidates pay no attention to the voters in the majority of states. Also it makes no sense to elect a president who wins a minority of the popular vote. Every time that has happened in our history, it has cast some doubt on the legitimacy of the election of that candidate. So yes, the electoral college needs to be abolished, or at least reformed, or enough states need to decide that they will give their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in the nation as a whole.

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