In These Times

This idea is a bit off the mark. Our founding fathers realized that more populous states could skew the popular vote. We are a Republic, not a democracy...there is a difference. The electoral college was devised along the same lines as congress...votes based on population. This gives the states electoral votes in proportion to population. If a state were to have candidate A win the popular vote in the state, and candidate B win the overall popular votes, that state's voters would have no real representation...one of the main reasons that we are no longer British colony. This method could leave …

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