Let the debate begin and please be respectful

Nicely said.
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Born and raised in Iowa; I agree with you 100%

OK, so the logic goes like this:
1. Electoral college abolished tomorrow
2. "No one cares" anymore about smaller-populated states
3. So Lyle & Louise decide to move from Idaho to California and suddenly their votes matter
4. But Alan & Stacy get relocated from California to Idaho and suddenly their votes don't matter
5. Even though Lyle & Louise are still <Party A> voters while Alan & Stacy are still <Party B> voters... because let's face it, moving to a new state doesn't change your whole political alignment
6. But so what, you only matter if you live in a big heavily populated state

OK, enough sarcasm. The hyperfocus on this state vs. that state is a product of the Electoral College, not the justification for keeping it. Get rid of the Electoral College and state lines disappear, it's just one country with one vote for each person.

It’s not state vs state. It’s highly populated vs less populated. Without the EC there is less insensitive to address the needs of “fly over America” and focus on the needs of large costal cities.

In the presidential election, perhaps. Then again, the whole point of the Senate’s structure is to give equal standing in a branch of the government to the states, and the Senate is a very powerful entity with significant control over the lawmaking process, checks and balances, and Supreme Court appointments. The argument can be made that the presidency can be dictated by a popular vote without changing much of what actually gets done in DC.

Nice try

Nice rebuttal

Right on. Power to the people. Upvote.
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He was wrong then and you are wrong now. If you want a popular vote then try to get it changed. Good luck.

The electoral college is a disaster for democracy and makes us look like a laughing stock.

...which is very nearly a verbatim quote of a Donald Trump tweet from 2012.

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