Elizabeth Warren says she wants to eliminate Electoral College

[Mountainmanbob]

Elizabeth Warren says she wants to eliminate the Electoral College

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she supports eliminating the U.S. Electoral College during a town hall broadcast on Monday night.

 

[thecolorsblend]

The Electoral College will be abolished the day after never. And quite rightly so.

The system didn’t break in 2016; it worked as it was intended to.

 

[USincognito]

Good for her. Having an opinion on it.

 

[sfs]

The Electoral College will be abolished the day after never. And quite rightly so.

The system didn’t break in 2016; it worked as it was intended to.

The system was intended to give more power to the slave-holding states.

 

[Unnamed Guy]

That would make it a lot easier to buy an election.

 

[Resha Caner]

No, you don't understand. If we abolish the Electoral College all our problems will disappear. The U.S. will suddenly become heaven on earth. Every bad thing that has ever happened can be traced to the Electoral College. Once it's gone we'll have virtuous leaders who are responsible to the people. Corruption will disappear. All laws will be fair.

History proves all of this. As does science, my pet fish Carl, and my magic 8-ball.

 

[Unnamed Guy]

No, you don't understand. If we abolish the Electoral College all our problems will disappear. The U.S. will suddenly become heaven on earth. Every bad thing that has ever happened can be traced to the Electoral College. Once it's gone we'll have virtuous leaders who are responsible to the people. Corruption will disappear. All laws will be fair.

History proves all of this. As does science, my pet fish Carl, and my magic 8-ball.

You left out better tasting coffee and prettier housewives.

 

[Resha Caner]

You left out better tasting coffee and prettier housewives.

I was trying to be brief, but I welcome the suggested additions.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

You left out better tasting coffee and prettier housewives.

I'm all for better tasting coffee...where do I sign?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Elizabeth Warren says she wants to eliminate the Electoral College

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she supports eliminating the U.S. Electoral College during a town hall broadcast on Monday night.

Oh goody. Mob rule.

 

[USincognito]

That would make it a lot easier to buy an election.

1. What do you mean by "buy an election"?
2. How so?

 

[Andrew77]

The system was intended to give more power to the slave-holding states.

That's like, your opinion man.

The purpose of the system is to prevent the country from sliding into mob rule, where the populace system can dictate to all the less populated.

Look at hunger games. That system is metaphor for what would literally happen in a total democracy, where 51% of the public, can enslave and abuse the 49%. The system is designed to diversify power.

 

[AvilaSurfer]

The EC is going nowhere. It’s a non issue. Well, it’s an issue to those who think they got screwed out of a victory in ‘16. But it’s a non issue to everyone else.

 

[RDKirk]

The system was intended to give more power to the slave-holding states.

It worked just as well to give more power to Rhode Island.

 

[USincognito]

That's like, your opinion man.

The purpose of the system is to prevent the country from sliding into mob rule, where the populace system can dictate to all the less populated.

This is modern myth making and historical revision. The actual historical facts are that the north was populated while the south was not. The 3/5th compromise and the electoral college were rooted in the fact that southern slave states wanted to have political power on par or nearly on par with the northern states.
The Electoral College Has Been Divisive Since Day One | History | Smithsonian

Look at hunger games. That system is metaphor for what would literally happen in a total democracy, where 51% of the public, can enslave and abuse the 49%. The system is designed to diversify power.

Indeed. We have a much better system than that. 535 people can enslave and abuse 330,000,000 of us. Even worse, 5 out of 9 can do the same.

 

[sfs]

That's like, your opinion man.

No, that's the primary historical reason that the electoral college was created.

 

[SeventyOne]

No, you don't understand. If we abolish the Electoral College all our problems will disappear. The U.S. will suddenly become heaven on earth. Every bad thing that has ever happened can be traced to the Electoral College. Once it's gone we'll have virtuous leaders who are responsible to the people. Corruption will disappear. All laws will be fair.

History proves all of this. As does science, my pet fish Carl, and my magic 8-ball.

If the 8-ball says so, that proves it. Case closed.

 

[Resha Caner]

No, that's the primary historical reason that the electoral college was created.

Source? Slavery was a factor, but claiming it was the primary reason is something altogether different. The FFs were leery of what they were creating. They weren't sure what would happen ... sorta like the scientists at Los Alamos in the 40s. So another factor was adding ways to put on the brakes if things went bad. Shay's Rebellion was a big deal.

 

[SeventyOne]

Elizabeth Warren says she wants to eliminate the Electoral College

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she supports eliminating the U.S. Electoral College during a town hall broadcast on Monday night.

Funny, since the electoral college was designed to ensure state representation, rather than population representation, is she also in favor of abolishing the Senate on the same grounds?

 

[thecolorsblend]

The system was intended to give more power to the slave-holding states.

Be that as it may, it has the practical benefit of ensuring that oversized major metros don’t drown out everyone else.

For a movement so concerned about “the little guy”, I guess I thought the left would understand the big picture here.