The Electoral College is so Racist you guys...

You do understand, that it was created as a way to keep the Slavery States happy, right?

Oh look, another libtard who doesn’t understand anything.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/05/23/killing-electoral-college-means-rural-americans-would-be-serfs-column/3770424002/

Oh look... A right-wing idiot - who is easily manipulated by a Heritage Foundation/Federalist Society stooge... And who thinks of USA TODAY - as a good place for getting one's opinions verified. Ok... https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/11/09/fix-electoral-college-prevent-future-trumps-adopt-runoff-voting-edward-foley-column/839492001/

The Senate gives equal voice to each State - so barring a measure to change that - the doom-and-gloom prediction of 'mob rule', and serfdom for rural dwellers, is unlikely in any event. But what I see here is endorsement of the tyrrany of the minority.

Even without the EC - we would still have the primaries in every State. Iowa and New Hampshire still maintain their advantageous positioning there.

Our electoral system has real issues - not the least of which is the very real question of vote theft - using closed-source 'proprietary' software, in both electronic voting machines, and the tabulators. There are "fractional" vote counting schemes in many - which leads to the ability to shave votes and flip elections. Debbie Wasserman Schultz seems to have been an obvious beneficiary - in multiple elections vs. Tim Canova.

I can see by your username, the kind of manichean thinking and simplistic reductivist narrative that drives you. But there are more than two parties. I'm to the left of most "(neo)liberals". And I don't suffer from any kind of retardation.

Says the Demon-rat. Yes, but thanks for at least admitting this is a scheme in hopes of one party rule. We all know it is. Presidents have been increasingly ignoring congress since Obama, so under your scheme we would end up under a dictatorship. The same thing they have in places like Mexico and points south (all who directly elect their president. The EC isn’t going anywhere, unless you want a war (that my side will win).

Since Obama? Where did you study history? Regent University? Hilldale? You're proof that a little bit of knowledge (and a bunch of misinformation) is a dangerous thing.

Where are you getting your ridiculous narrative from? It certainly wasn't anything that I wrote. And FYI - despite having less than majority support from a bunch of the States who gave him their EC votes - Trump did have one party government, for two years - and it sounds like you had no problem with that.

I am NOT a Democrat. I voted for Jill Stein.

Another of the good reasons to get rid of the electoral college - is that the electors in many States are selected by the two major parties. If Jill Stein or some other third party candidate were to win - there's no guarantee that the electors sent to the EC would faithfully cast their votes in accordance with the wishes of the people in their states. In fact - there was a scheme to deny Trump the presidency, at the EC - based upon the "RussiaGate"/SpyGate narrative being spun by $hillary, Podesta, and their pals in the Intelligence Community. Had that plan succeeded - how would you feel about the EC, then?

As for your (hyper-partisan) side "winning"... "Nuts!".

The twit informed me of what party I belong to too, good news since I've never had any party affilation ever and also voted Stein.

Another thing about the EC is the winner-take-all aspect in all but 2 States, nullifying the votes of voters within them and thus doing on that level what proponents claim it counteracts at the Federal.

Hyper-partisan?? That’s YOUR side. I always knew that the electors were going to vote Trumps way. We will win or will split this country. We have had enough Democrats spitting on middle America. We are sick and tired of their illegals (which they only bring here for votes.

So much disinformation. Which "side" are you saying is mine?

You sound like you're more interested in winning - than doing what's best for anyone - including yourself.

How come Kris Kobach couldn't find any evidence to support your racist theory about "illegals" voting for Democrats?

https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/uncovering-kris-kobach%E2%80%99s-anti-voting-history

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/06/23/kris-kobach-white-supremacist.html

As for spitting on "Middle America" - how so? More often than not, Democrats seem to cater to the worst impulses of the people there.

If you're willing to go to war, as several of your comments suggest - then the country is already split - and there's no more point in worrying about what you think.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/04/08/trump-wrong-rural-america-not-full-needs-immigrants-column/3394691002/ - as your economies fail and your communities disappear, you may want to reassess your xenophobic foolishness.

An opinion piece from USA Today?? Ha ha ha

Yeah - so was HIS. I also pointed that out to him in a comment above.

PS your article was also written by a DEMOCRAT!

An ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE - from the area that he's talking about. And since you've no facts to dispute - your "argument" (if that's what you're calling it) - is invalid.

So elected representatives can’t be biased?? WTF?

In this case - BIASED FOR the American way. In your case - biased towards racism, xenophobia and ethnocentrism.

Representatives - actually REPRESENT the community that elects them. They speak on their behalf. They tend to understand what's actually going-on in their communities.

It sounds like you're speaking on behalf of Robert Mercer, David Duke, Richard Spencer, and/or Matthew Heimbach. And again - if you have a substantive argument with what he wrote - now would be a good time to present it...otherwise it's entirely ad hominem - based upon his party affiliation.