re: #57 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

I’ve forgotten my history regarding the EC, but IIRC it boiled down to giving the states a say in the election, rather than giving voters free rein. It’s similar to the Senate balancing the House of Representatives, so that the least populated states don’t get trampled by the big guys. It serves as a brake on rampant populism (mob rule) but unfortunately has allowed the losing candidate (according to the will of the people) to win the presidency several times now.

Em.

1. How exactly are least populated states trampled by the PV? With PV every vote counts. The candidates have to campaign everywhere.
2. Even if they were trampled, who cares? You don’t put your finger on the scale and make some votes weigh more just because of some fucked up sense of pseudofairness.
3. “It serves as a brake on rampant populism (mob rule)” - you did not write it with a straight face, did you?
4. How can EC prevent populism (we know it can’t) even theoretically? Populist-inspired voters elect populist electors who elect a populist candidate. Where’s the catch?

All seems like a bunch of hooey to me.