The Electoral College at the federal level was constitutionally intended to separate both the powers of Federal and State authority while also providing and additional set of checks and balances against government overreach and fleeting popular passions. It is time for States themselves to have an Electoral College to take the misleading passions of urban power centers and provide more power to rural communities.
I admit, I don’t completely understand the electoral college. It’s my understanding they want to give large states with areas of very low population and equal vote in the electoral college . Small States with a high population get X amount of votes in the electoral college too… I think it’s complicated for us to understand.
I believe one vote one person. We’ve been talking about getting rid of the electoral college for years. Why don’t we do it?
Let’s take NC for example. The State of NC has Mecklenburg, Wake, Forsyth, Guilford and Bumcomb Counties that all favor the Democratic Party. These counties have large populations. But rest of NC lean towards Conservative candidates. So, for the most part those mentioned counties chose our Governor, Lt Governor, Attorney General and other state positions. Using an Electoral College system splitting the state into Electoral Districts would balance out the votes and give those in rural areas more of a say.
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I think the real question should be WHY do you want to get rid of it?
Saying you don’t fully understand it is a terrible excuse. If you don’t understand why it operates or the reason for it. Then how can you legitimately say we need to get rid of it?
That’s like saying you don’t understand the instructions for building a bike. Instead, you build it based on your own understanding and end up with a bunch of leftover parts. Sure, it might ride great at the beginning. But the first bump you hit and the front tire flies off causing you to crash. All because you didn’t understand the instructions not knowing why it was supposed to be built that way.
This is a wonderful idea. But it is a state issue, not federal one.