re: Electoral College and common misconceptions

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I agree with the electoral college, but there should be zero winner-take-all states. That is not a representative government in any shape or fashion. Just as the red districts in California have no voice, neither does the

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I was going to agree with this and add something..... but your avi distracted me

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but there should be zero winner-take-all states

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It is up to the individual states how they want to handle their representation in the electoral college.

We elect just about every office in the nation by popular vote. Only the EC remains as a non-democratic process for public office.

I don't expect Congress to propose an amendment to retire the EC, and I certainly hope we never use the gerrymandered-to-the-hilt Congressional districts to apportion EV's.

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Only the EC remains as a non-democratic process for public office.

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Again, since we aren't a Democracy, this makes sense.

We are blessed with the two party system.

It would be crazy to have a system like Italy or Israel or the Weimar Republic, where you have Christian Democrats and Social Democrats and whatever else parties.

Getting behind one of two parties is a system that works but would work bettter if more people bothered to participate.

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I agree with the electoral college, but there should be zero winner-take-all states. That is not a representative government in any shape or fashion. Just as the red districts in California have no voice, neither does the black belt in the south.

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This would make a more convincing argument to those who don't vote, as now they may live in a true red or blue state, so they feel their like vote is pointless. However, if you lived in a red/blue state but in a competitive district then your vote becomes much more important.