Quote (Thor123422 @ Apr 13 2019 04:59pm)
There's good arguments for the electoral college. This isn't one of them, since it isn't solved by the electoral college.
Quote (fender @ Apr 13 2019 05:00pm)
even IF that were true (which other countries strongly suggest it's not), it would still be the preferable (fairer, more democratic) option - because currently candidates already focus on just a few areas, but those represent an even smaller percentage of the whole country. the EC makes sure candidates hyperfocus on just a couple of thousand voters in swing states, that receive incredible amounts of attention and benefits from it, while tens of millions of votes in solid states are basically worthless.
i find it amusing that EC proponents keep fearmongering about a hypothetical tyranny of the majority, while effectively guaranteeing a tyranny of a minority.
I would change the EC by distributing electoral votes to the winners of each Congressional district, with the two at-large votes going to the statewide winner. You want to see "swing state" crap end? Do that.
Besides, the current swing state system we have is a symptom of the shitty 2-party system we have, not the EC.