In a close contest, faith in an honest popular vote without the electoral college is naive. The only time (1876) we threw out electoral college votes was when there was evidence of massive vote fraud, only documented because of the present of federal troops as observers. To control election outcomes, violence and all forms of cheating have been used, especially when the stakes are high. To win with the present electoral college, you need to win closely contested large states, with maximum publicity, exposure and opposition. By contrast, stuffing the ballot is easiest in places where one party exerts complete control -- but this influence on the popular vote has little impact on the electoral college, which is why it is not much practiced in presidential elections. Your faith that elections would be honest contests without the electoral college is naive and ahistoric. Students of Black electoral history will know why I say this.
Nice work! The problems are money, propaganda, GOP philosophy, much like that of the Mongol hordes, how to get the rats out of the stable, and how to keep them out of the stable,
In a close contest, faith in an honest popular vote without the electoral college is naive. The only time (1876) we threw out electoral college votes was when there was evidence of massive vote fraud, only documented because of the present of federal troops as observers. To control election outcomes, violence and all forms of cheating have been used, especially when the stakes are high. To win with the present electoral college, you need to win closely contested large states, with maximum publicity, exposure and opposition. By contrast, stuffing the ballot is easiest in places where one party exerts complete control -- but this influence on the popular vote has little impact on the electoral college, which is why it is not much practiced in presidential elections. Your faith that elections would be honest contests without the electoral college is naive and ahistoric. Students of Black electoral history will know why I say this.
Nice work! The problems are money, propaganda, GOP philosophy, much like that of the Mongol hordes, how to get the rats out of the stable, and how to keep them out of the stable,