John Samples Defends the Electoral College

also cato, the senate IS now elected by DIRECT POPULAR vote per (i think) the 19th amendment. correct me if i'm wrong, but the Senate IS elected by direct popular vote by the people. The President is the ONLY ELECTED OFFICIAL that does not have to win the majority of voters over the area which they are allowed to govern

cato, i have a response to your claim that "consistancy would require that we abolish the senate as well"

that's incorrect.

the senate is in place to balance the interest's of small state's as well as large ones. if there were no senate for small state's to gain equal representation the representatives from the more populous states could dictate to the smaller ones.

the senate arose out of the "checks & balances" idea- to keep groups from getting to powerful

Rob Richie is an idiot. He makes an argument about campaigning that SUPPORTS the Electoral College system. If Presidential elections were based on the national popular vote, canidates would only campaign in Texas, California, New York and possibly Florida. Why campaign is fidgid Wyoming or rainy Washington when those vote won't really contribute anything?

candidates currently have no reason to campaign in states such as texas, california, new york, most of the south, most of the northeast, but instead focusing on swing states (that the electoral college's winner-take-all system creates) like ohio, florida, and pennsylvania.

Candidates would have to campaign to and win over ALL undecided voters across the nation. as it stands now they only care about undecided voters in swing states. one vote does not equal one vote.

Our liberty-minded constitutional democratic-republic must be defended before we fall completely down the oligarchy rabbit hole.

Sounds like a name that would be on a sample ballot.

John Q. Samples.

Hey Rob Richie,America is not a mob rule democracy it's a constitutional republic.Our founding fathers hated demorcracy.

Without the electoral college then only a few cities would get support.