Save the Electoral College!

Washington, DC (TLS). Democrats on Capitol Hill are busy attempting to dismantle the Electoral College. Under the guise of 'democracy' and 'preserving the notion of election by popular vote,' the Dems are mounting a major effort to ditch the process by which the U.S. has chosen its Presidents since its founding.

But the problem lies not only in the concept itself but in the way they are going about implementing that concept.

The Constitution requires the states to ratify such changes to the U.S. Constitution. The last time such a thing was attempted, the measure failed to gain the approval of the required number of states.

This time, realizing that such a thing is likely to happen again, the Democrats in Congress wish to change the Constitution without the consent of the people. They want to ditch the Electoral College by introducing Congressional legislation alone, rather than by using the proper method of state ratification.

This is illegal and unconstitutional.

There is absolutely no doubt as to the reason for this massive push by the Dems. Democrat voters tend to inhabit large metro areas around the outer rim of the country, i.e., Boston, NYC, Miami, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, and other cities around the Great Lakes. The vast American heartland, however, is a Republican stronghold. Many of these states are smaller in population compared to the massive metropolitan urban areas that tend to attract Democrat voters.

The result of a direct popular vote, therefore, will greatly curtail the influence of the more sparsely populated states. The large metropolitan areas around the rim will, in essence, invariably dictate who will be President in every single election, thus taking away the power of the vote from other areas of the country.

It is for this very reason that the Founders in their wisdom set up the Electoral College--which provides for a more equitable playing field. The Founders did not wish for Philadelphia, New York, and Boston to totally overwhelm and snuff out the voice of smaller states, such as North Carolina.

Today, Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana have a greater voice in selecting a President under the Electoral College system than they would in a direct popular vote. One can quickly see why the Democrats wish to do an end-run around the Constitution by passing this terribly misguided bill. If the Electoral College is dismantled, then NYC, Boston, Miami, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Chicago will be the ones choosing our Presidents. The rest of the country may as well stay home.

Not only that, but get set for a thousand years of darkness as nothing but ultra-Leftwing collectivists get elected as President.

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