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Republicans will have serious work to do if a direct democracy were to be the status quo in America. The electoral college is their saving grace.

Emperor Kuzco 1y ago

That's why the Democrats have been wanting to redistrict the congressional voting lines so they can pick up more candidates to be able to remove the electoral college. That's also why in 2016 Obama left open over 200 federal judge seats so Hillary could have placed in there judges.

The electoral college gives rural voters a voice so major cities have a harder time making all the rules through mob rule. This is the difference between a democracy and a Constitutional Republic.

A lot of people don't understand how a "democracy" is actually a step backwards in comparison to what America currently has for a governing system.

Good thing.

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dunxen 1y ago

It’s a philosophical thing. I don’t think there is a “correct” answer for any one country as the makeup of people differs accordingly. Some are pretty homogenous societies, so direct democracies where each vote is counted equally, with no “first past the post” system, works for them.

I must say that electors in each state should at least somewhat proportionally vote according to the state’s result. All republicans in California could have effectively not voted. Same as democrats in Texas. It’s as if their votes are worthless.

Then you still have “rural” votes worth more than “city” votes, but you don’t have wasted votes.