I can't believe that nobody has brought up the ONLY good reason to keep the EC, the prospect of a national recount. Just imagine how hellacious it would be is there had to be a recount in every single state if there was a close election? For all its many many faults the EC could very well be worth keeping around for that reason alone.
Maine already has a system like that, because us Mainers are smarter
Why should your state receive any more attention then an equally-sized chunk of population that doesn't happen to be a state? Like I don't know, far-north California or upstate New York. The whole "nobody would pay attentin to us if it wasn't for the EC" is really silly. If there's not many of you why should you warrant a disproportionate amount of attention from political candidates? Nobody ever bothers to do much campaigning in Maine, but that's all as it should be since we're under 1% of the Nation's population and there's no good reason why we should recieve any more attention than that. Even worse is the fact that the EC creates a small number of "battle ground" states and ALL states besides those handful get largely ignored.
Alternatively, you could dump the winner-take-all strategy of electors voting with their states, and instead oblige electors to represent specific congressional districts and vote the way the district did;
Originally posted by Dissident
Most presidents would just ignore my state if there were no electoral college.
But should my state be ignored?
Most presidents would just ignore my state if there were no electoral college.
But should my state be ignored?
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