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Sunday, June 21, 2020

The electoral college & direct democracy

Thomas West's answer to America is so proud of its democracy and freedom, why is it content with the Electoral College which allow people from different states to have uneven voting power? is actually spot-on, & conveys the points I’m trying to make better than I do.
Let’s say that the United States of America ran on direct democracy. If we were to hold the vote on slavery, what if 51% wanted to keep it legal, while 49% wanted to ban it? Should we legalize slavery if 100% -1 voted “yes” to legalize it?

That’s the problem in a direct democracy with no restrictions. Under a republic, there will be rules to protect the rights of the individual.

Under a republic, it doesn’t matter if a strong majority thought that slavery should be legal, because, under the law, it is illegal.

Many tyrants actually came into power through a democratic process (remember Hitler?).

If America is so racist (which some of you think it is), then why would you want a direct democracy?

Also, the Electoral College is necessary to protect minority voters, people who live in sparsely populated states & regions, as that national level elected officials would almost exclusively address the interests of voters from large, urban areas instead of small-town, rural flyover areas.

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