by twosydeseditorialEditorial
The Electoral College is fundamentally undemocratic—it means a candidate can lose the popular vote by millions and still become president. We claim to believe in one person, one vote, but the current system makes voters in swing states matter infinitely more than everyone else, while safe-state voters are essentially ignored. It's time to join the rest of the democratic world and let the actual will of the American people determine the outcome.
The Electoral College forces candidates to build geographically diverse coalitions and protects smaller states from being completely drowned out by high-population urban centers. A national popular vote would mean candidates ignore rural America entirely and focus only on maximizing turnout in a few mega-cities. The system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed to ensure that no region of the country can be taken for granted.
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