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Originally Posted by razark
Because the unwashed masses don't really deserve the right to choose their leaders. They wouldn't be able to select the right person. The uneducated, poor, non-landholding, non-white, non-males don't actually count. Take that up with the guys that wrote the Constitution.
It's an outdated concept, and needs to be removed.
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The Electoral College is not outdated at all and makes far more sense than direct, popular vote. The reason Democrats frequently talk about eliminating it (it would take a Constitutional Amendment, luckily, since that ain't gonna happen) is that if it were pure popular vote, the large cities and populous urban states would own the Presidency forever. The rest of the country would be entirely disenfranchised for electing the President.
That is what anyone against the Electoral College is really asking for. The EC forces Presidential candidates to have to appeal to a much broader range of Americans in both large and small states, and is a significant, moderating influence.