2016 Postmortem

Why should a "state" have presidential election power over and above the power of the individual voters in that state? Why should a Wyoming resident have 3.7 times more presidential voting power than a California resident, just because of the states they live in? Why should every presidential election come down to being decided by a handful of states where the votes are close, while the margins in other states don't make any difference at all?

People should elect the President, not land masses.

> "We are a Republic and not a Democracy"

That's a favorite right-wing talking point whenever they want to rationalize a non-democratic process, but it's just word-play. The USA invented the modern definition of a democracy -- a democratic republic -- and the EC is a clear aberration to democracy.

> "I think the world of campaigning that would exist without the EC would be horrible."

That makes no sense to me. I think it's horrible that 80% of the campaigning is directed at states that hold 20% of the vote.