Large states should bully small states. California’s economy as about 100 times larger than Kentucky. In New Jersey we pay more Federal taxes relative to what we receive than any state in the country. Stop mooching off us.
What does a “pure democracy” have to do with this conversation?
I'm Los Angeles born and raised....
....so rare that the last two Republican Presidents each lost the popular vote and won the electoral college.
Quote my two prior posts and present your arguments to what i wrote....
You want minority rule, I get it. You want the few to govern the many. You’re anti-democratic.
Read my two prior posts, the EC doesnt guarantee minority rule, it merely gives small states a fighting chance against large states. 91% of US Presidents have won both the popular vite and the electoral vote... Only 5 times have a president won the EC while losing the popular vote...
I'm glad the Founding Fathers didnt share your view....
Population gap is widening. 2 of the last 4 Presidents have lost the popular vote and won the EC. Small states shouldn’t have a “fighting chance.”
Well.. I don’t have a thing for owning other human beings.
But you do seem to believe in mob rule tyranny because you stated you dont believe small states deserve a fighting chance at having their voices heard...
Democracy is better than the alternative - minority rule.
How are we a minority rule when 91% of the time the electoral vote aligns with the popular vote?
It hasn’t for two of the last 4 winners. Losing by 3 million votes but winning by EC is minority rule.
But look at the historical trend, 91% of the time the EV aligns with the PV.... More often the US is a majority rule...
The historical trend is divergent. That’s why 2 of the last 4 Presidents have lost the popular vote, most recently by an even larger margin.
Then i hope that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact never works out....fortunately Nevada's Governor vetoed letting NV join in 2018 because he knew it would be one step closer to the tyranny of 51%.... That's one less state we have to worry about trying to circumvent the EC....
It's not about "minority rule" it's about "minority equality."
It circumvents the will of the majority.
Minority “equality” is counter majoritarian. Small states have augmented power and large states are weakened. Wyoming does not have equal economic, cultural, or demographic power as California and has nearly 100 times less people. why should it get equal say?
