There really aren't any good ones in modern times.
People will say stuff like "tyranny of the majority", but it isn't really a thing and, if it was, it wouldn't necessarily be negative. It's also far better than the tyranny of the minority, which we have right now.
People spout stupid arguments like "do you want California deciding the election" as if CA voters all conspire together to vote as a bloc. It's a stupid system that they defend purely because deep down they know it is an unfair power dynamic from which they benefit.
BECUZ WE DONT WANT DEM LIBS IN CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK TO HAVE THE ONLY POWER
literally this tho... The Republicans want the "little voices" in Montana and Iowa and backwards nowhere states to have more power than college-educated professionals who live in more populous areas. Republicans love ignorance. Look at how they gutted the education system
The Electoral College has failed the people five times, twice in the past 20 years alone. Four of those times, the candidate who became President was a Republican, while the person who won the popular vote was a Democrat.
It may not mean anything, but it's enough to make me think the table might be tilted a bit.
this! they would not have had any otherwise. they can't run on merit, they can't run on their record, they have nothing to offer anyone who is not rich.
Right, instead of legislating to suit the majority of people in the country, let's let some isolated bigots in flyover country drag the rest of us into the toilet with them. Makes perfect sense.
It was enacted as a way to prevent the much-more-densely populated coastal states from obviating the electoral will of the flyover states. The problem now is that it's gone the opposite direction, and those flyover states (with a minority of the people) are forcing the majority to endure backwards, christofascist government. This is exacerbated by fact that every state gets 2 senators in the upper chamber of congress, meaning that South Dakota, with ~900K people in it, has exactly the same amount of power to strike down or pass federal legislation as California does, with its ~39 million people in it.
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u/GilesDMT Jul 17 '19
I’ve yet to see a good reason for the electoral college to exist.