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>Representative democracy is intended to limit the ability of the majority to shoehorn the minority That is a benefit of certain aspects of our political syste
by benchaney 10y ago
>Representative democracy is intended to limit the ability of the majority to shoehorn the minority
That is a benefit of certain aspects of our political system, but not the electoral college. The electoral college only serves to introduce bizarre volatility into the elections.
- pc86 10y agoThis is a nice sound bite (kind of), but doesn't bear out the actual facts. The EC was designed specifically to ensure that States (in the big-S, Constitutional meaning) decide the President, not the people.
- benchaney 10y agoThat's true, but doesn't really contradict what I said.
- pc86 10y agoIt directly contradicts the last line of your statement. The EC does not exist "to introduce bizarre volatility"
- benchaney 10y agoAllowing states to control the elections is a mean not an end. Given that the vote of states are determined by a popular vote within the state, the only end that is accomplished by the EC is introducing volatility.