The Electoral College is as outdated as the 2nd Amendment

[Cellblock2429]

And removed one of the checks and balances from our government. They threw the baby out with the bath water.

/—/ For a time the loser of the presidential race was appointed vice president. That practice quickly ended.
Can you imagine Hillary being Trump’s VP or Trump being Joe’s VP?

 

[Picaro]

And removed one of the checks and balances from our government. They threw the baby out with the bath water.

With few exceptions, the Senate decided the winners almost all elections, before the 17th and after. They magnified the voting power of state factions.

 

[Picaro]

/—/ For a time the loser of the presidential race was appointed vice president. That practice quickly ended.
Can you imagine Hillary being Trump’s VP or Trump being Joe’s VP?

Made the election process even more corrupt, not less, when they changed the rule; it made the two Party duopoly more powerful, not less.

 

[AZrailwhale]

lol so much nonsense, too little knowledge. Electors were chosen by the legislatures, not by popular vote, and in turn those elected Senators. That tell you anything? There were 69 electors in the first election after ratification, from 10 states, making 20 of them Senators, basically just magnifying the votes of the other 49 electors. See the issue here? If not, well ...

What evidence do you have of that? The electoral college was an extension of the House, NOT the Senate. That’s why its numbers are set according to the census rather than two per state like the senate. It’s a combination of the 535 seats in the house divided by the seats apportioned by the census plus the two Senators. In every case the senators would be vastly outnumbered by the non-Senators.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Republics don't work, they're outdated.

 

[Picaro]

What evidence do you have of that? The electoral college was an extension of the House, NOT the Senate. That’s why its numbers are set according to the census rather than two per state like the senate. It’s a combination of the 535 seats in the house divided by the seats apportioned by the census plus the two Senators. In every case the senators would be vastly outnumbered by the non-Senators.

 

[Picaro]

lol what is my evidence for that? The fact that the same legislatures chose their Senators, that's my evidence. Why else was the 17th Amendment needed?

Electors vastly outnumbered themselves?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Senators alone used to elect the President. Today the two party duopoly still decides who gets the office, and Democrats don't even have real votes on it, they have the Super Delegates rule. The GOP will be implementing one after Trump's second term; they don't like the unwashed proles voting against the RNC either.

Senators alone used to elect the President.

When? Link?

 

[dblack]

We should change the rules so my side wins more.