tylerammon
November 25, 2024, 2:43pm
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I propose that the following 11 policy proposals, about having a state level electoral college system, get merged:
Written by @Zachary_Thompson
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.
Written by @CW1963
Create an electoral college system for the states so that the metro areas cannot overshadow the rural areas in elections. The rural voices are consistently silenced by the masses in the cities. For example, in Wisconsin the elections are determined by Milwaukee, Madison and Green Bay. The rest of the state may as well not vote. This problem is solved nationally by the electoral college, I believe the same concept can work for the states. The Counties can be assigned electoral votes based …
Written by @Gord
Address the voting disparity between Urban and Rural population. Urban population is determining policies for the rural population by means of “mob rules”. Rural population has no representation under the state political system.
Written by @David_Eash
Considering the idea behind the Electoral College, no densely populated area of the country should be able to have a greater voice than a less-populated region.
In the 1790’s, the entire population of the fledgling United States was approximately 3.4 million people. Today there are states with many times more in population. For example, the population of the State of Wisconsin alone is approximately 5.8 million people. And in recent elections, we watch as a handful of densely populated state co…
Written by @Jlav13
Too often do you see an entire state vote one way or another but the large cities determine the election. I would suggest that we treat state elections the same way as federal. Take New York for example. The majority of the counties vote red but if just Kings county votes blue, the rest of the state loses. We need more representation for rural areas in this country. Laws and representation in a large city, should not be the determining voice for people who have nothing to do with said cities. If…
Written by @Bobmo85
States having an electoral college for federal and state voting. Such as governors, senators and state wide amendments and propositions. Make it same as states, but each county would be worth so many electoral votes. This would help the people in every county so BIG cities don’t have all the say.
Written by @Kaye_Glas
There should be an electoral college type of set up within the states. Many states are currently being decided by a couple of large cities. How is a state’s results being called seconds after the polls close? This is a problem that needs changed
Written by @Charles_Dobbs
Bring the electoral system to the state level where a candidate has to win the majority of the districts in order to win the votes for the state as a whole. There are a number of states where the main big cities or college towns decide the whole vote for the state and that doesnt seem like equal representation when most of the state is leaning 1 way or the other.
Written by @DanVilleneuve
One of the big problems I’ve seen in my adult years is that at the State level, elections are ultimately determined by the high population density areas (cities). This leaves rural areas disenfranchised, without empathetic representation to the constituents’ will and overruled in many cases. This happens all the time in Connecticut, where the majority of the rural towns are primarily Conservative and the cities are predominantly Liberal. You can see the result where there is a large degree of po…
Written by @Psean4
Looking at the election maps over the last 20 years most if not all of the democratic states are controlled by 2 big citys and not the rest of the state. The whole state should be makeing decisions not just a city within the state
This gives every one a voice.
Written by @SAFye
So many states’ end up Red or Blue based on city population centers. Take a look at Pennsylvania, where I live, to find Philadelphia, Scranton and Pittsburgh handing our delegates to their party of choice, election after election, with little regard for rural counties’ citizens. Ultimately our electoral college is the most fundamental to our representative democracy. Our Republic. Is this already covered in our Constitution? Maybe states continue to vote the same as they do now, but I can’t he…
All of these should be merged into one because they are effectively the same proposal. The unifying goal of these seems to be that counties should get electoral votes (presumably to select their governors) in an analogous system to the presidential election.
I personally don’t like any of the original posts on any of these topics. They’re not organized well and are either really short or just a wall of text. If I had to pick a post to parent this topic, I would actually pick this response to #3 , because it goes beyond “we should do X”. It is both organized and provides details for implementation:
Response by @Ellmarr
But isn’t that what the DEMS want- Federal over reach - Policy Proposal: County-Based Electoral College System for States
Objective:
To establish a more equitable representation system within states that ensures all regions, including rural areas, have a significant voice in state-level decision-making and influence over national elections.
That said, if it is necessary for the parent topic to already be a topic, I am partial to #9 , by @DanVilleneuve . This is a pretty well articulated OP explaining the justification for the change, and manages to at least touch on the main important points.
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Thank you for the proposal and your mention of my OP. I’m fully onboard with consolidating as we all appear to want the same thing. Consolidation would be good for focus and reducing the noise already in the Categories. If we do end up consolidating, I think it would go a long way to include a section explaining that this is a consolidated post and give mention to the original posters.
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FastFred
November 26, 2024, 1:22pm
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I agree with your Proposals. As close to equal representation as possible should be the goal. I’m having the same issue trying to encourage mergering most tax proposals under Repeal of Amendment 16 which is the root cause of all Our taxation problems.