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Originally Posted by Kiiii
Although this is true, it's pretty much an idiotic ideal that if they disagree with the choice, they get fined for it. Isn't the electoral college there to have the safety of our country a priority? If they vote for something that they feel is a breach of that safety, why bother having the electoral college?
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The Electoral College is supposedly in place to ensure that all states, regardless of size, are "fairly" represented. If the election went STRICTLY by the popular vote, one would only have to campaign in and win a handful of major metropolitan cities in order to win the election, thus leaving the remaining 80%+ of the nation without a voice. That is the best explanation that I have heard, anyhow. For the record, the Electoral college is bunk.
I think popular vote is clearly the fairest way. Maine recently implemented ranked-choice voting, which, in my opinion, is tantamount to giving each voter more than 1 vote, which again, is bunk.