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In reply to the discussion: Defenders of the Electoral College say that it protects small states from big states by giving them a voice. Ask them... [View all]
Yavin4
(36,836 posts)18. So 9 states had None. Six states had just one. Just three states had more than one event in 2008.
The data supports my point. There's no presidential campaigning in most states.
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Defenders of the Electoral College say that it protects small states from big states by giving them a voice. Ask them... [View all]
Yavin4
Sep 2024
OP
I used to defend the EC as being the last bulwark against the election of a despotic rabble rouser,
thesquanderer
Sep 2024
#35
Exactly. Republicans would have to get absolutely wiped out in order to repeal the electoral college.
D23MIURG23
Sep 2024
#50
There's support to eliminate the EC but not enough to overcome opposition to that
Kaleva
Sep 2024
#43
Yes, there are too many republicans in Congress, they would never give up their unfair electoral advantage.
Think. Again.
Sep 2024
#45
So 9 states had None. Six states had just one. Just three states had more than one event in 2008.
Yavin4
Sep 2024
#18
It's vindication bc the most visits by presidential campaigns happened 16 years ago.
Yavin4
Sep 2024
#23
Inexact house representation is not the biggest problem. It's the adding in the senate seats
unblock
Sep 2024
#53
At this point, the states that have the most out-sized power in the electoral college are not former confederate states.
TomSlick
Sep 2024
#40
How are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, and maybe sometimes/used to be Florida and Ohio
TheKentuckian
Sep 2024
#25
Electoral College, should get the boot the first year President Harris
republianmushroom
Sep 2024
#42
GE candidates have seriously campaigned in Indiana, Missouri, and New Mexico
Renew Deal
Sep 2024
#58
I will never understand why, in this electronic age, politicians need to go to each
travelingthrulife
Sep 2024
#60
One person, one vote. The United States should try it some time instead of giving votes to empty acreage.
Ping Tung
Sep 2024
#61
The Electoral College is bullshit. Not ONE other country has anything like it.
hawkeye21
Sep 2024
#63