Electoral college, should it be eliminated? Options

[sadolakced acid]

Should the electoral college be eliminated?

with it, a person could loose every state by 1 vote except california, and win california by a landslide and then loose the race.

with it, democrats in red states feel thier vote doesn't count, and republicans in blue states feel thier vote doesn't count.

if the electoral college were to be eliminated, then everyone's vote would count.

[*kryogenix*]

The point of the electoral vote is to protect the rights of minorities, which is something that is very important in a Constitutional Republic.

Without the electoral college, the only places a politician would campaign would be New York City and maybe Los Angeles. It ensures that a politician has to appeal to EVERYBODY, and not just to a specific group in order to get elected.

Example: In the late 1800s, it was VERY common for the Democrats to win the Popular Vote and the Republicans to win the Electoral Vote. Why? Because the Democrats would win 95% of hte vote in the South and 40% everywhere else. That helped preserve democracy, because the democrats had no little outside the minority South.

This was pre-name switch right?