Jim_Smith
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When the US was founded, the colonies came together freely to form a federal republic. In order to get the smaller colonies to agree to join with the larger ones, the constitution had to offer protections that would make it hard for the more populous states to impose their will on smaller states that might have different interests. Since that time, many more states joined the union under the same contract.
Are the people who want to eliminate the electoral college willing to dissolve the US and negotiate a new constitution? Or do they just want to change the contract unilaterally and impose their will on the less populous states, reneging on the agreements that were made when those states joined the union?
What about eliminating the US senate where each state, large or small, has exactly two representatives? How is that democratic? You don't hear them advocating that because the republicans have a huge majority in the house of representatives where states are represented in proportion to their population, while in the senate the republicans only have a 52 - 48 seat majority. You don't hear them complaining about the senate because they are not really interested in democracy, they are interested in power. Their arguments advocating the elimination of the electoral college in the interest of fairness and democracy are cynical not sincere.
Are the people who want to eliminate the electoral college willing to dissolve the US and negotiate a new constitution? Or do they just want to change the contract unilaterally and impose their will on the less populous states, reneging on the agreements that were made when those states joined the union?
What about eliminating the US senate where each state, large or small, has exactly two representatives? How is that democratic? You don't hear them advocating that because the republicans have a huge majority in the house of representatives where states are represented in proportion to their population, while in the senate the republicans only have a 52 - 48 seat majority. You don't hear them complaining about the senate because they are not really interested in democracy, they are interested in power. Their arguments advocating the elimination of the electoral college in the interest of fairness and democracy are cynical not sincere.
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