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Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks
Sure, I'm not disagreeing that it undermines the concept of a pure majoritarian democracy, but is that a bad thing? Should two wolves and a sheep vote on what's for dinner (yes, yes, a gross simplification)?
Yes, the electoral college was designed to keep populists and unqualified candidates out of office, and to prevent tyranny of the majority - as you point out, the system is not perfect. But I think it'd be more productive to look at how most states award electors (a winner-take-all basis) and make improvements - perhaps implement ranked-choice voting like Maine did - rather than just throw the baby out with the bathwater and declare the electoral college to be worthless and ineffective.
How you gonna build them roads? You didn't build that.
Yeah, I'll do that, right after I put another baby into my girlfriend. And take my nice petrol-fuelled car to get me a cheeseburger.
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what benefit does the electoral college offer? I understand it was originally intended to give smaller states more power but why is that even a good thing?
The end result is most people's vote literally doesn't matter. I'm not sure what practical reasons there are to keep it around.
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