In March, Donald Trump made a phone call to Roger Stone, asking, "Can they really f--- me on this convention?" Trump asked about the delegate counts. "If I have the most [popular] votes, can they really take this away from me?" (from usnews.com), recently declaring that the candidate from each political party should be determined by counting primary votes instead of electing delegates to vote at the national conventions. This plan sacrifices states' rights and the commitment of grassroots delegates representing their state's voters. Primary processes and delegate allocation is determined by political parties in each state - it is a 10th Amendment issue (see Laboratories of Democracy).
There is already a campaign underway to replace the Electoral College process with a National Popular Vote (NPV). According to this plan, "the winner would be the candidate who received the most popular votes from all 50 states (and DC) on Election Day. When the Electoral College meets in mid-December, the national popular vote winner would receive all of the electoral votes of the enacting states."
"The National Popular Vote interstate compact would not take effect until enacted by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough to elect a President (270 of 538)."
The NPV crusade promises to "guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia."
Sounds great, right?
Not according to the framers of our Constitution. They "were afraid of direct election to the Presidency. They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power." How elitist of them! Well, after eight years of abuse of power in the Obama administration, and the demanding bluster of the Trump campaign, we can now appreciate the prescient determination of our nation's founders.
Further, "the electoral college is also part of compromises made...to satisfy the small states. Under the system of the Electoral College each state had the same number of electoral votes as they have representative in Congress, thus no state could have less then 3."
"Instead of just tallying the total number of votes cast across the nation in presidential elections, votes are counted state-by-state. The winner of the popular vote in each state is awarded the electoral votes for that state. The candidate winning the majority of electoral votes wins. Given this arrangement, it is possible to win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote." But it's the Electoral vote that determines the winner, preserving the integrity of our system of government - a federation of independent states.
"Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to its number of Senators (two) plus its number of members in the United States House of Representatives (depends on state population)."
"The principle of federalism was and is a critical feature of the American political system. By placing states in this important position in the selection of the country's leader, the Framers sought to maintain the position of states as important entities in the American political system."
"Imagine that presidential elections were not decided state-by-state, but rather by a nationwide popular vote. The significance of states and the candidates' competition for support in key, "swing" states would disappear. Candidates would be inclined to simply run nationwide ad campaigns and visit large population centers."
The reason a National Popular Vote is becoming popular is because our nation's electorate is ignorant of the Constitution and it's principles. The United States is not just the name of our country, but defines a group of indpendent states united in federation (a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions under a central government).
The Progressives would love to let the voters believe we're a Democracy, in which every vote counts. President Obama is on the record as promoting mandatory voting. Because voters can be manipulated - we're seeing it in the welfare class. It's human nature to approve and promote those who benefit us personally. Over 40% of the U.S. population do not pay income taxes. And most of these receive benefits from the taxpayers. Why wouldn't these voters continue to vote for continued largesse from the public coffers? This is the reason the Left is so adamant in their false claims that requiring voter I.D.s suppresses the vote - the underclass population they have created through generous welfare programs are unused to putting forth individual effort to better themselves - why should they be expected to actually pursue a (free) voter I.D. when their benefactors don't require it? State's laws requiring voter I.D. are just one of the protections against fraud and tyranny.
The majority rule of Democracy seems like a grand idea until we realize how it is so easily used as a tool for the Oligarchy (a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people might be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious or military control. - Wikipedia.)
Just as the delegate process for primary elections benefit the sovereignty of states (or what's left of it), the Electoral College is vital to maintaining a Republican federation guaranteed by Article 4, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution: "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government".
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An excellent video argument against NPV can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXnjGD7j2B0
An excellent video argument against NPV can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXnjGD7j2B0
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