21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun \ parent \ on: Will you vote for Biden? news
This discussion about local government made me think of the electoral college ironically.
Every state except Maine and Nebraska are winner take all.
I wish every state divided electors like Maine and Nebraska.
I hate the idea of a few swing states determining the presidential election.
There are at least 40 competitive districts vs 5 competitive states
Someone wins a state by a few hundred votes and he gets all the electors. Doesn’t seem fair or right
Speaking of which, what is the argument for winner-take-all? Perhaps they are worried about too many contested presidential elections?
Winner-take-all effectively transforms the country into being more of a direct democracy....side question is what where founding fathers thoughts on that?
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I actually can’t remember the argument for winner take all.
Founding Father hated direct democracy like Athens during the age of Pericles. Hence the electoral college.
Regarding contested elections if no one gets 270 or a majority in the electoral college then the House representatives determine the winner.
According to John Yoo, the founding fathers expected the house representatives to settle most elections as they perceived getting a majority in the electoral college would be difficult in 1789 or the 1800s.
Civil war and reconstruction were a turning point for everything including elections
I still think Maine and Nebraska have the right model. Right now candidates only have to focus on 9 states or less. I’m in California. I think the last time a Republican visited California was 1988 or 1992. The last presidential campaign ad I saw on television was in 1988. The infamous Willie Horton. Maybe I saw one in 1992.
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