Nov 9 2000

Hey -- you know what? I like the Electoral College!

The Electoral College means that your vote counts MORE the FEWER voters there are in your state!

For instance:

Out of all the voters in the state, you get the same number of electoral votes cast. So, if only 10% of the population votes, boom, same number of electoral votes. only 1%? Same number of votes.

Let's say in California, only 1,000,000 people vote, but 2,000,000 people across Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and North Dakota vote. Does that mean our piddly empty states have more weight than one of the largest & most populous states in the US? No matter what we think, this is still a Republic of states: We elect representatives, who are counted based on the population they represent, not the people who make the most noise.

Some people say "kill the electoral college!" Well, those people are the ones who think that their vote doesn't count. It's propoganda which tells us that the electoral votes erase our popular vote. To eliminate the electoral college means that only the people who vote are represented.

Come on, you whiners who say "if you don't vote, you don't have any right to complain." Well, our nation is founded on the idea that EVERYONE has the right to representation -- declining to vote, for whatever reason, doesn't mean you're exempt from the basic rights afforded by the Constitution. Non-voters still have the right to be represented.

Unfortunately, by not voting you effectively cast your ballot as whatever the majority of the voters is. They call them 'polling stations' for a reason -- they are looking for a broad cross-section of society, to determine what the majority is. Everyone knows how surveys work: you get 20% of the population, figure out what they think, and reliably attribute that statistic to everyone. Same with voting - the electoral college applies the cross-section of voter opinion to every citizen, regardless if they voted or not.

So, you voters who think you're popular vote doesn't count -- consider that, if you're part of the majority in your state, that all the nonvoters essentially voted the same as you.

Those of you in the minority, well, in this government of the people, by the people, and for the people, the Electoral College still represents ALL people, not just voters. Stop whining.