Reply #49: Here's where I disagree [View All]

[last_texas_dem]

>>>The dissolution of the EC could ensure a handful of states controlling the WH for decades top centuries. NY, CA, WA, VA, CT, MA and NJ would dominate all presidential elections considering the population #'s.>>>

In my view, a handful of states already do: a few big "swing" states, like OH, FL, PA, etc.

I believe that the elimination of the Electoral College would actually lead to Presidential elections becoming more truly nationwide contests. With the electoral college in place, candidates go into the race with over half, maybe two-thirds of the states already ignored because they are considered in the bag for one party or the other. So campaigns are essentially run in a dozen (maybe, a few more) swing states. W/o the Electoral College, everyone across the nation's votes would count equally, thus eliminating the Electoral College's effects of counting people from certain states' votes far more than others, and allowing the votes of those who aren't members of their state's majority parties to actually count for something. Theoretically, although I'm sure it wouldn't work out perfectly or anything, with every person in every state's votes meaning something and making a difference in the final total, Presidential elections would be more likely to truly be treated as nationwide contests.