What's this "One person One vote" slogan of yours?
Where's the beef? The founding Fathers hashed out all the concerns 100s of years ago, and they decided wisely.
My State (State of Washington) has had its electoral votes go to the Dems in the last three Presidential elections including the one that was just held on Nov. 7th (I voted for the Republican Presidential candidate in each of those).
The biggest reason why a straight popular vote is a bad idea is because of the less populated states and the smaller towns and cities. If we went with a popular vote the Presidential candidates would focus their message soley on the most populous states and the largest cities. Citizens of New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Rhode Island and all the other less populated states would feel like seceding from the Union, since their opinion would never matter to a Presidential candidate. The rural citizens in every State would be an alien life form to the President both during the campaign season and after the election.
This is why there is two legislative houses, and why the Senate has equal representation from each State (nod to the less populated States), and the House consists of representatives who are greater in number from the more populous States and lesser in number from the less populous States (nod to the people, or the "one person one vote" concept).
As for Presidential voting, the electoral college system combines the two concerns, and does so very gracefully, simply, and effectively. |
