THE BIG 2024 COLLEGE STORY ISN'T PROTESTS, ITS THE NEW ELECTORAL COLLEGE SET UP. THE BIDEN “BLUE WALL” IN THREE NORTHERN STATES MUST NOW STRETCH TO OMAHA TO SECURE A WIN -- AND AVOID A TIE!
What we really need to do is somehow banish the Electoral College, an outmoded, undemocratic institution which destroys the possibility of electing a President with a simple "the majority rules" concept. Most voters don't realize that our founding fathers, men of the Enlightenment who believed in philosophy, history, and science, set up the Electoral College because they didn't trust most newly minted male-only citizens to choose the best candidate. They worried about the uneducated farmers, day laborers, shop keepers, and anyone other than themselves should not enjoy the power of a popular vote for President. If we haven't addressed the problems with this awkward and unfair means of electing a President, you will have to keep writing brilliant, but frustrating articles analyzing this institution's impact on the Presidency every four years. Please consider writing a piece about how to abolish the Electoral College and give the U S. Citizens the majority rule in choosing a President. Thanks for the work you do with this column! Perry-Lynn Moffitt
Dear Terry,
What we really need to do is somehow banish the Electoral College, an outmoded, undemocratic institution which destroys the possibility of electing a President with a simple "the majority rules" concept. Most voters don't realize that our founding fathers, men of the Enlightenment who believed in philosophy, history, and science, set up the Electoral College because they didn't trust most newly minted male-only citizens to choose the best candidate. They worried about the uneducated farmers, day laborers, shop keepers, and anyone other than themselves should not enjoy the power of a popular vote for President. If we haven't addressed the problems with this awkward and unfair means of electing a President, you will have to keep writing brilliant, but frustrating articles analyzing this institution's impact on the Presidency every four years. Please consider writing a piece about how to abolish the Electoral College and give the U S. Citizens the majority rule in choosing a President. Thanks for the work you do with this column! Perry-Lynn Moffitt
Fully agree