At one time, it was justified because news was months old and you could not know the candidates in a reasonable amount of time without traveling to DC and you couldn't afford to do so.
So you elected some local guys you trusted to vote on your behalf, basically.
It's a good reason to make the electoral college, but not a good reason to keep it.
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A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y
I've never heard a good justification for the electoral college. Fuck the electoral college.
radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com · 13 pts · 1y
You’ve never heard it because there isn’t one.
Khanzarate@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
At one time, it was justified because news was months old and you could not know the candidates in a reasonable amount of time without traveling to DC and you couldn't afford to do so.
So you elected some local guys you trusted to vote on your behalf, basically.
It's a good reason to make the electoral college, but not a good reason to keep it.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Legal Eagle on YT did a great video on it. Videos community mods took it down though for "politics"
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y
It literally only exists because of slavery
hOrni@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
If I'm understanding this correctly. You elect people to vote for You, and hope they vet the same way You do but they don't have to?
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 1y
The electoral college should be abolished after this election.
FoxyFerengi@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · -3 pts · 1y
Don't worry, white women have stood up for themselves and Dems have a comfortable supermajority, right?
Edit:
LOL
collapse_already@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Sorry we gave a bunch of rural hicks way more of them than they deserve.