[quote=harvey][quote=pencilneck]Am I the only one that likes our electoral college system?
Yeah, I get frustrated when it works against what I feel are my best interests or what my view is the best course for the country. But long term, by somewhat balancing the power between states, the electoral college system works pretty well to give each of our states some voice at the table. Long term, this IS in the best interest of our union.[/quote]
It probably has some small influence on presidential decisions as well.[/quote]
Yeah I’d say it had an influence on this last election. I’m not gonna say the system is rigged as everyone knew the rules and Trump won because he ran a better campaign based on those rules. But technically the electoral college system takes us farther away from being a true Democracy. As spdrun said it made perfect sense back then but not now.
