Yes. That is a true statement.

I am so holding out for 2015 Secret Wars.

Vague memories from Official Handbook to the MU, 1970s. Basically, a cow bitten by Dracula when no proper humans were around. She became basically an undead vampire cow.

Not disagreeing. 

None of that is necessarily the fault of the EC though. Florida was a contested election, just like it was when Hayes won the EC despite losing the popular vote.

That much I think we agree on.

In my ‘hood a “Plymouth” Neon has shown up in the street-parking shuffle.

I dunno, but as others have pointed out, with the EC there’s no incentive to campaign unless you think you either might gain or might lose 51% of the vote.

I don’t disagree with most of what you say. However, and I am not putting “the Constitution” on a pedastal that it may remain unchanged forever - in the Constitution the States, not the people, elect the President. the Electoral College is just the mechanism by which that happens.

FWIW I am definitely of the opinion that the Constitution, even the entire Revolution, were largely influenced, at the least, by landowning gentry. Working stiffs are just the muscle.

I’ve been trying to stay away from numbers, but all the same -

Well, I’ve mentioned elsewhere, just today, that regardless of my position, as written, the President is not elected by direct democracy. Apparently there was quite a bit of discussion about that in writing the Constitution. Basically the EC is the mechanism by which the States elect the president.

Right - and states decide how their Electors are selected and operate.

Well, I’ve been called out about the first, but all the same it’s worth pointing out that 1824, 1876, and 2000 were contested elections.

My uniform don’t seem to fit. I’m much too alive in it :)

I was thinking about this last night. I don’t disagree, but:

I want to say thanks for posting the video. It was informative.

Well, maybe a world where a populist dictator wins by promising puppies and kittens?

Yeah, but that’s part of what undermines state sovereignty. It basically consigns those states to relying on their legislative representation, if presidential candidates know that they can focus on the larger population states. I don’t know how the Electoral numbers line up but I’m guessing it is weighted to give…

Well, like I said in at the start, I don’t know that I have strong arguments against dropping the EC. I’m just not sure I’ve heard strong arguments in favor of it.