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Politics : Why do we still have the Electoral College? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jon Khymn who wrote (52)	11/6/2004 6:56:39 AM
From: Neocon	1 Recommendation Respond to of 60

It all hinges on how attached one is to federalism in its original conception. If you think that each state ought to determine the method of selection of its electors, then you favor the EC. If you think there should be a uniform national standard, then we must dump it.

To: Jon Khymn who wrote (52)	12/23/2004 10:36:26 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60

Some other questions that could be part of the philosophical question of the value of the Electoral College. I think they are part of the same one man, one vote, equality issue. If you're concerned about the equality of YOUR vote then you would have no use for the US Senate at all. How can we possibly allow a Senator from Montana representing only 500,000 citizens have an equal say in ANYTHING with a Senator from California representing 17,000,000 citizens. When they OK legislation that has already been passed by the their colleagues in the House, who have been elected according to the one man, one vote theory (which people claim makes the Electoral College an anachronism). Even in their advise and consent role it it unseemly that they are not representing voters equally. It's the Senate (US and State versions too) that are anachronisms if you are concerned about your vote being equal in all things. And if you're concerned about this issue you should be outraged that people in Washington D.C. have no Senate representation nor do they have any VOTING representation in the House, yet they are taxed and regulated just like their neighbors. You could make a decent case too, that every State should have one Republican Senator and one Democrat to make sure that all voters are fairly represented.