Having sat through several organizational meetings where we labored greatly to agree to a 3-line mission or vision statement... I simply can't imagine how difficult, tedious and contentious it would be to gain consensus on something like the Constitution or any other significantly important document. Even more difficult in heavy clothing with powdered wigs and no A/C! Hats off to our forefathers who were able to put partisan views aside long enough to work this out for us. I doubt we'll ever see that level of bipartisan cooperation ever again.
Thanks for your explanation. I think you did a good job of explaining where we are and how we got here and why.
While the Electoral College can give us a minority President, it does the job you outline, creating a system that allows for inclusion of each of the states. If we revised the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College, or went with the plan for states to mandate their electors follow the national vote, we would be creating a situation where those small states would feel bullied by the large population states, eg, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Penna, Illinois, etc. This, in turn, might encourage the less populous states (eg, Wyoming, Vermont, Alaskas, North Dakota, South Dakota) to leave the Union. That would be bad. It would mean that resources would be split. It would mean a weaker hand at international relations. It would mean the division of families. I suspect it would mean a less fast growing economy. Yes, a less than perfect system, but one that works.
concur 100%
Having sat through several organizational meetings where we labored greatly to agree to a 3-line mission or vision statement... I simply can't imagine how difficult, tedious and contentious it would be to gain consensus on something like the Constitution or any other significantly important document. Even more difficult in heavy clothing with powdered wigs and no A/C! Hats off to our forefathers who were able to put partisan views aside long enough to work this out for us. I doubt we'll ever see that level of bipartisan cooperation ever again.
Thanks for your explanation. I think you did a good job of explaining where we are and how we got here and why.
While the Electoral College can give us a minority President, it does the job you outline, creating a system that allows for inclusion of each of the states. If we revised the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College, or went with the plan for states to mandate their electors follow the national vote, we would be creating a situation where those small states would feel bullied by the large population states, eg, California, Texas, Florida, New York, Penna, Illinois, etc. This, in turn, might encourage the less populous states (eg, Wyoming, Vermont, Alaskas, North Dakota, South Dakota) to leave the Union. That would be bad. It would mean that resources would be split. It would mean a weaker hand at international relations. It would mean the division of families. I suspect it would mean a less fast growing economy. Yes, a less than perfect system, but one that works.
Regards — Cliff