Many of the arguments posted here for the electoral college are countered by Koza in the debate I posted earlier - in most cases there is data to the contrary. I strongly recommend watching it in its entirety, as many of these arguments - as well as many assumptions posted here about the underlying bases for the EC - are not well founded.
As for the argument that a popular vote would result in some states not having a voice, well, that’s certainly the case now (only it’s a different set of states).
I’ll have to check it out. I’m sure my arguments don’t really measure up to those from people who are far smarter and more informed than I.
Yeah, thanks for reminding me about that Puggo. I meant to go back and watch it and then completely spaced it.
I’ve just finished the video and while I still lean more towards Hulme’s point of view, Koza made very good points (and explained things about the NPV initiative that I didn’t know which was very welcome), and so have Dom, Ryan, and Puggo during the course of this discussion.
Just so I’m clear, it’s not so much that I’m opposed to a change as it is that I feel there were very good reasons that the system was put in place and I believe that many of those reasons are still valid and shouldn’t be discounted when we talk about reforms and changes to the system.
I used to be big on abolishing the colleges until a few years ago.
What changed your mind?
My apologies. I didn’t complete my thought in my final paragraph: I used to be big on abolishing the colleges until a few years ago when I did some research into the reasons the system was put in place. Then follows the rest of the paragraph.