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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know I’m preaching to the choir here but holy sh*t the Electoral College is so so stupid.  For example, in 2016 Hillary Clinton won DC by 270,000 votes and Donald Trump won Florida by 113,000 votes.  Yet Clinton got just 3 EC votes out of DC and Trump got 29 from Florida.  How does that make sense?

I swear, one day the “winning” candidate is going to lose the popular vote by 100 million votes and the U.S. will be plunged into civil war as a result.  We need to get rid of the EC as soon as possible.[/quote]

In 2016, Hillary took some states for granted and concentrated her time in big states with big money. She couldn’t even be bothered to visit and pretend to care about Wisconsin.

The electoral college serves a necessary purpose. [b] It forces presidential candidates to recognize that the votes from small states matter, too.  [/b]“Majority rules” might make the majority happy, at least short term, but it overlooks the critical fact that we are one country and reliant on each other.  While the big states like California, Texas, and New York might have concentrations of both money and voters, they are reliant on the agriculture and natural resources of the “flyover” states. Your average urban voter isn’t going to be familiar with issues related to farming, mining, etc, but if those sectors don’t get the necessary attention when they need it, eventually it will be of interest to other voters when they face the consequences of neglecting those issues.  The electoral college is the only leverage people in smaller states have to ensure the President will serve their interests as Americans and not just pander to population centers.

If Democrats are having problems winning elections in smaller states with the electoral college process, the answer isn’t to abolish the electoral college, but to actually listen to the voters in those states and show them how your policies will be of benefit to them.  [/quote]

Not really. Since 1988, the candidates have only focused on "swing" states. The last few cycles have come down to the upper midwest and AZ/NC/GA.

Small states and big states generally get ignored if they are not close enough to warrant attention.[/quote]

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