The electoral college- the greatest vote suppressor ever

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21. Be careful what you wish for

A purely popular vote for President will have several affects.

And the biggest will be that the entire election for president will focus on the two coasts. And really, it will focus on about 10 metro areas. NYC, Boston, New Jersey, Baltimore, Philly, DC, Miami, Atlanta, San Diego/LA, and Frisco. Fund raising will happen more places, but the majority of campaigning will occur there. Yeah, maybe you can add Chicago and Dallas, but those metro areas will influence VAST areas around them. I haven't calculated it lately, but about 10 years ago, 25% of the US population either lived between Boston and DC or LA and San Diego. A few years back there was a big tado made about how 75% of the population lived within 50 miles of the border or something like that (This would include whole states including Florida). Campaigning will stop some where around Philly, MAYBE Cleveland, and start up again somewhere west of the Sierra Nevada's.

And the ONLY race this will affect directly will be the Presidential. State races won't be affected at all, except by any low turnout because people don't feel a need to because of the effect of their votes for president.

The EC skews the APPARENT result because the "margin of victory" seems absurdly high. And it often is. But it rarely is the converse of the popular vote. Of all the changes in our national election voting that needs to happen, this is the least of them.