itscoldinwonderland:aunti-christ-ine: Abolish the Electoral College People r
itscoldinwonderland:aunti-christ-ine: Abolish the Electoral College People really be like “but the constitution/but the founding fathers” shut up In terms of Founding Fathers arguments. Well it’s muddy. But the original intent included the electors basically being a sanity check and being able to ultimately decide for themselves. But now we have 33 states with laws against “Faithless Electors” who vote with their conscience. Which kinda defeats the purpose.Just the fact that there are massive discussion about what the whole thing is even for and what it accomplishes marks it as in need of reform.1. People Vote2. Electoral College???3. President Elected.What’s the middle bit for ehh? One of the most common defenses of the EC is that it mostly reflects the popular vote anyway. So great. It does nothing. -- source link
#popular vote#is simpler#inarguably democratic