The Last Best Hope Of Republicanism

By Kleinheider Posted on April 21, 2008 at 4:18 pm

Nathan Moore comments on what he sees as a misguided analysis of the electoral college:

In short, the electoral college is the one, last safeguard to preserve the republic. The reasons for its existence extend beyond regional prejudice, as The Tennessean erroneously implies. And if they think small states get short shrift now, just imagine how the smaller states will be treated by national campaigns when their populations are compared to that of the largest cities.

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Wintermute writes
April 21st, 2008 6:46 pm

It’s also a small safeguard against massive vote fraud in one state or city swinging a national election.

Why not then redo the two-senators-per-state formula?

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