| | | >> It's quirky, for sure, but it also cements the role that states play in electing our federal representatives, including the president.
I don't see any way we could ever leave the EC behind. I sure wouldn't want to. But 38 states to ratify is a really tough uphill climb in the best of circumstances.
But ratification to usurp the hard-negotiated protection of red states and give it to CA, NY, IL, MA, and a few others, I just don't see that happening. The arithmetic requires a mix of red and blue states, and I cannot envision red states giving away what was won in The Great Compromise, that which exists solely to protect the small and land-bound states from the predictable growth of the states that border on the seas.
Everyone knew at the time those seaports would end up with the huge metropolis' that would control the direction of the country with a simple direct vote of the people. The Union would never have been formed without it, because you'd have a lot of states that just wouldn't cede independence without a bigger slice of the control.
It was brilliant for the initial red states to hold out for it.
I don't think there is any chance of changing anytime soon. Meaning, in my lifetime ;) |
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