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Originally Posted by RunForTheRoses
So, by implication, the Founding Fathers, and the country over the succesive 200 plus years, was right wing?
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I asked a question. Essentially, how could anyone come to the conclusion that a system where every vote counts is somehow leftist? It's neither left wing nor right wing, and it is a perfectly fair system where
EVERY VOTE COUNTS. There is no implication that if it is not left it is right. Completely spurious conclusion.
I never liked the electoral college. The reason is that it negates the votes of some percentage of the people. The presidential elections in 2000 and 2016 exposed the defect in the current system. And by the way, 240 years ago there weren't 50 states. The great fear, which apparently still exists, is that the more populous places would control the vote. So the fact the a clear majority voted for Al Gore and Hillary Clinton is dismissed in an effort to elevate the influence of Wyoming?
If everybody has a vote, and the one who gets the most votes wins, how can that be anything but fair? At this point in history, the electoral college that worked with 13 states doesn't work for 50 states. I'm sure there is some percentage of the "left-wing" who don't even bother voting in Alabama or Mississippi because they know their vote doesn't count. We can hardly get 50% of eligible voters to show up, but when ALL the votes are equal, that may stimulate a higher level of voting.
In baseball, the team with the most runs wins. In basketball and football it is the team with the most points. It's as American as apple pie that more beats less. When more loses to an archaic, indefensible scheme, you lose me. If I don't like the electoral college it has nothing to do with left or right. It has to do with what I see as fair/unfair.
