Originally Posted by White[Pony]
If that's what you really think... It's sad.
The college is necessary because we can't just have a majority of *people* deciding these things. California alone could sway an entire election because of all the "democrats" here. The reason I say that with quotations is because those are people who vote democrat because that's what the rest of their people do. This was said by people of their own group, so don't bite my head off about it. Plus California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and probably Florida all have countless numbers of illegal immigrants and non-citizens voting in every election, also swaying the results. If you look at the hard facts in pretty much any kind of government textbook, you'll see that the college is much more efficient than popular votes. Even my democratic government professors agree with that statement.
Even if what you say is true and there are countless illegal immigrants voting I still think the Electoral College is a bad idea. It was created before we had TV's, radio, and before most people even read the news paper. Now we have public debates that anyone can watch on TV. We can hear many different arguments from each candidate before making up our minds. The Electoral College was made to protect our country from ignorance(which at the time was the thought to be the common US citizen). But guess what we aren't ignorant anymore. I would argue that the average US citizen hears enough info to make an educated decision on their own. I personally think the Electoral College never really worked anyway. But I have to go to class now and don't have time to argue that too.