6 thoughts on “the late shift – historical events with HCR”
Which why we need to end the Electoral College or have ranked choice voting at the very least.
The Electoral College keeps the big states (population-wise) from screwing over the smaller states. Or you can look at it as it keeps the majority from ignoring the minority. Or it keeps pure democracy at bay so 50% + 1 doesn’t decide on who will be president instead of a more of the country.
Tim, while you are correct with the existence of the electoral college, a much better link explaining it would be one of the many legislative websites and not someone else’s blog. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about – for example
That system was the best compromise they could come up with to satisfy just thirteen new states. But they also had to ride horses or walk to travel and bled people to cure diseases. Times change.
Why should states with the total population of a big city have as much say in the Senate as a state with twenty times that?
Isn’t the House and the Senate having just one more member of one party mob rule then? Though currently ineffective with the majority they have.
Why are Republicans afraid of having to work to earn votes from all the people? Maybe because they don’t work for them and just need to keep their base riled up with propaganda and pretending they do.
I’m all for doing what Australia does – require everyone to vote. Make it a federal holiday, with festivals and food trucks and barbecue. Those that don’t want to vote still have to show up and state that they don’t want to vote, and get their name checked off the list. Hell, run it concurrently with the census for the most accurate result
The senators are supposed to represent the states, and the representatives represent the people. Hence, each state gets two senators and each state gets a number of representatives based on their population. And all political parties use lies and propaganda.
And all parties should fight for their votes and have a platform to run on that is not “I am against that person.”
And what does this have to do with the Electoral College except determining how may EC votes they get?
Which why we need to end the Electoral College or have ranked choice voting at the very least.
The Electoral College keeps the big states (population-wise) from screwing over the smaller states. Or you can look at it as it keeps the majority from ignoring the minority. Or it keeps pure democracy at bay so 50% + 1 doesn’t decide on who will be president instead of a more of the country.
Federalist paper #68 has more: https://criticalskillsblog.com/2024/08/10/federalist-paper-68-the-mode-of-electing-the-president/
Tim, while you are correct with the existence of the electoral college, a much better link explaining it would be one of the many legislative websites and not someone else’s blog. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about – for example
That system was the best compromise they could come up with to satisfy just thirteen new states. But they also had to ride horses or walk to travel and bled people to cure diseases. Times change.
Why should states with the total population of a big city have as much say in the Senate as a state with twenty times that?
Isn’t the House and the Senate having just one more member of one party mob rule then? Though currently ineffective with the majority they have.
Why are Republicans afraid of having to work to earn votes from all the people? Maybe because they don’t work for them and just need to keep their base riled up with propaganda and pretending they do.
I’m all for doing what Australia does – require everyone to vote. Make it a federal holiday, with festivals and food trucks and barbecue. Those that don’t want to vote still have to show up and state that they don’t want to vote, and get their name checked off the list. Hell, run it concurrently with the census for the most accurate result
The senators are supposed to represent the states, and the representatives represent the people. Hence, each state gets two senators and each state gets a number of representatives based on their population. And all political parties use lies and propaganda.
And all parties should fight for their votes and have a platform to run on that is not “I am against that person.”
And what does this have to do with the Electoral College except determining how may EC votes they get?