The electoral college is not about identity it is about avoiding what de Tocqueville called the Tyranny of the Majority. Having grown up out west decades ago I was always keenly aware of and resentful of the Eastern elites trying to impose their narrow minded views about EVERYTHING on the rest of the country. One size does not fit all... except in Mao's China and Pot Pol's Cambodia. What might work in Manhattan would be a disaster in Butte... especially given the state of the rotten apple today. Texas is changing... and it's disaffected Californians who are moving there... and Tex/Mex voters are a lot more conservative than the people of Boston.
Replies to: "Inevitability is fickle. Identity groups can flip in an instant."
- Food for thought on the electoral college [LINK]
- Chris94 - 7:38am 9/9/20
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- Inevitability is fickle. Identity groups can flip in an instant. - Curly1918 - 8:31am 9/9/20
- says the city mouse to the country mouse. - BaronVonZemo - 8:06am 9/9/20
- A buddy sent me this piece in defense of the college. [LINK]
- conorlarkin - 7:57am 9/9/20
- Thanks for this... [NT] - 86domer - 8:25am 9/9/20
- I don’t know how the EC “prevents regionalism” - Chris94 - 8:01am 9/9/20
- Without the EC, elections would be controlled by a select few urban areas. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:22am 9/9/20
- I get your point, but at least it takes the fight to the swing states - 86domer - 8:32am 9/9/20
- Mere partisan tripe... - TakethetrainKnute - 7:53am 9/9/20