Is the Electoral College that is written into the US Constitution broken for modern times? One could say that it is not, but just needs to be more representative of the people.
National Popular vote, unfortunately you have by-passed the US Constitution and the reason for the Electoral Collage of giving small state and large states equal representation in the US Congress and voting for President. Under any national popular vote plan the candidates for President would just travel to the top ten most populated cities and the rest of the nation would be left out, making America more divided that it presently is, and giving more control to the two party system.
The solution is to use the Electoral College, and Congressional Districts be awarded electoral votes proportionally like in Maine and Nebraska. If the number is odd for the state then that single elector would be at large for the overall popular vote for the state. Electoral redistricting would be completed by a mixture of the state legislature to include representation from established third parties in the state to prevent gerrymandering. Washington DC will not receive three electoral votes but rather only the electoral votes based on population, since they are not a State, and do not have US Senators. Why does Washington DC have more power in their vote for President than States like Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota?
Finally all the US Territories will receive representation by population to include Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and American Samoa. Why can an American vote from any where on the planet, or even from the US Space Station but they can not vote for President from the US Territories? Territories are not a State so they will not get the two US Senate electors, but they would receive the US Representative electors based on the US Census, with not less than one elector per territory.
Scott Marbut
Veterans Party of America
National Secretary
This nation was saved by the Electoral College in last year’s presidential election. Hillary Clinton probably would have won by popular vote, although I feel in my gut she had a massive amount of illegal votes. Obama & Jerry Brown of Calfornia fame encouraged illegals to vote with assurances they would not be prosecuted for doing so. Her incompetence would have finished Obama’s job and brought this country to its knees. That was the clear intention of the Democrat Party and the reason they are still in total denial. In short, tweek the College if it must be modernized, but i do not trust ANY of our politicians to get their little monkey hands involved with that. A committee of solid Constitutional scholars and esteemed thinkers need to do this job. Anything our politicias touch turns to instant crap.
Douglas, thank you for you considerable comments. You sound like someone who might be interested in Veterans Party of America.
Mr. Edington, you are correct, sir, that the Electoral College worked in the last election, precisely as it was designed to work. I won’t comment on your obviously strong feelings regarding the two candidates. Since this is the Veterans Party of America page and I am a proud card-carrying member of the VPA, I didn’t care much for either candidate, including the one who won the election.
I will speak to your “…tweek [sic] the College…” opinion:
Yes, sir, I agree that “…a committee of solid Constitutional scholars and esteemed thinkers need to do this job.” That was extremely well put, sir. Extremely well put.
Since altering the Electoral College will take an amendment, I would hope that the types of people you described would be precisely the types to be involved in that process.