15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete

Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by hnburnsy on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:06PM (#20762381)

> There is no conceivable logical reason why citizens in any particular state should have more or less say in such matters than those in any other.

So should we abolish the senate too? Not being snarky just wondering what those who support NPV think.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by chillwaves on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:32PM (#20762627)

Mitch McConnell represents 6.8M people in TN and he is the most powerful man in the Senate, and one of the most powerful people in the country.

How difficult is it to corrupt a man like Mitch McConnell? How robust is our system of representation when one senator holds so much power?

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by briznian on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @07:48PM (#20763184)

McConnell is from Kentucky

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by chillwaves on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @09:59PM (#20763938)

Thanks. Doesn't change the substance of my comment except that Kentucky has even less people in it than TN.

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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete by sp527 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @06:45PM (#20762735)

I don't see how you can draw a logical equivalency here? There is one president representing every single American. There are 100 senators, each of whom represents a particular state and subset of Americans. In fact, all you've managed to do is further substantiate NPV, by rightly pointing out that there already exists a body of federal government having control of the legislative process that reflects an equal representation of states. Whether this is appropriate or not is its own separate question, unrelated to issues surrounding the electoral college.

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