In regards to electoral college, it does come down to states rights and equal representation of the state.
If anything, it completely botches equal representation.
States are different, in economics, culture, laws, etc..
So? That's sorta the nature of regions. They differ. You also differ from your neighbour, but you don't claim that you are entiteled to four times his voting power.
and if the electoral college was dismantled and it went by popular vote/ then more states than the few blue would feel there representation didn't mean anything at all,and that a few states gain full power.
It really wouldn't. This is all from the mythical idea that a few states with democratic majorities would have their ENTIRE population vote Democrat and would therefor make a Republican victory impossible, which is miles from the truth. More people voted Republican in California then in Alaska, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Nebreska and West Virginia
combined. Millions of Americans don't even bother going to the polls because their vote literally makes no difference . There really are no red or blue states anyway. If seats were given out proportionally, Clinton would have gotten 1of Alaska's 3 Electoral Votes, 16 out Texas' 38 and 4 out of Tennessee's 11. The same goes for Trump, who would have won 11 out of NY's 29, 5 out of Washington's 11 and 2 out of Rhode Island's 4.
Right now, it sucks living in a bigger state. Big states are literally underrepresentated in every branch of government, and still people dare claim the little ones are in danger.
That's why it exists in general, so I don't believe in a full dismantlement but definitely needs to be modified in terms of gerrymandering and other sketchy policies
There is no gerrymandering in the Electoral college.
